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Social class disparities in health and education: Reducing inequality by applying a sociocultural self model of behavior.

Stephens, Nicole M., Markus, Hazel Rose, Fryberg, Stephanie A.·2012·Psychological Review
DOI 10.1037/a0029028
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Abstract

The literature on social class disparities in health and education contains 2 underlying, yet often opposed, models of behavior: the individual model and the structural model. These models refer to largely unacknowledged assumptions about the sources of human behavior that are foundational to research and interventions. Our review and theoretical integration proposes that, in contrast to how the 2 models are typically represented, they are not opposed, but instead they are complementary sets of understandings that inform and extend each other. Further, we elaborate the theoretical rationale and predictions for a third model: the sociocultural self model of behavior. This model incorporates and extends key tenets of the individual and structural models. First, the sociocultural self model conceptualizes individual characteristics (e.g., skills) and structural conditions (e.g., access to resources) as interdependent forces that mutually constitute each other and that are best understood together. Second, the sociocultural self model recognizes that both individual characteristics and structural conditions indirectly influence behavior through the selves that emerge in the situation. These selves are malleable psychological states that are a product of the ongoing mutual constitution of individuals and structures and serve to guide people's behavior by systematically shaping how people construe situations. The theoretical foundation of the sociocultural self model lays the groun…

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  • Fit, attunement, or a match between individuals and their environment or cultures confers benefits in many domains.

    “Fit, attunement, or a match between individuals and their environment or cultures confers benefits in many domains (e.g., O’Reilly, Chatman, & Caldwell, 1991; Stephens, Markus, & Fryberg, 2012).”

    From Culture and Healthy Eating: The Role of Independence and Interdependence in the United States and Japan (2016) · cites this paper as Stephens, Markus, & Fryberg, 2012

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Authors
Stephens, N. M., Markus, H. R., & Fryberg, S. A.
Affiliations
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of Arizona (US)
ORCID
Venue
Psychological Review
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2012
Volume
119
Issue
4
Pages
723-744
ISSN
  • 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1471
DOI
10.1037/a0029028
OpenAlex
W2032928489
Cited by
239
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 2
FWCI
17.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
social class disparities, health disparities, educational inequality, self-concept, behaviour change interventions
MeSH terms
Decision Making, Education, Educational Status, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Models, Theoretical, Social Behavior, Social Class, Social Conditions, Social Identification, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Self Efficacy, Behavioral Research, Health Status Disparities

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