Behavioral Theory in a Diverse Society: Like a Compass on Mars

Autor/inn/en	Pasick, Rena J.; Burke, Nancy J.; Barker, Judith C.; Joseph, Galen; Bird, Joyce A.; Otero-Sabogal, Regina; Tuason, Noe; Stewart, Susan L.; Rakowski, William; Clark, Melissa A.; Washington, Pamela K.; Guerra, Claudia
Titel	Behavioral Theory in a Diverse Society: Like a Compass on Mars
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 36 (2009) 5, S.11 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198109338917
Schlagwörter	Health Behavior; Behavior Theories; Cancer; Females; Hispanic Americans; Filipino Americans; Ethnic Groups; Social Environment; Context Effect; Social Capital; Cultural Influences; Interviews; Statistical Analysis; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Carcinoma; Karzinom; Krebs (med); Krebserkrankung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Philippines; Filipino; United States; Inhabitant; People; Philippinen; Philippiner; USA; Einwohner; Bewohner; Ethnie; Soziales Umfeld; Sozialkapital; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Statistische Analyse; Kalifornien
Abstract	The behavioral theory constructs most often used to study mammography utilization--perceived benefit, perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, intention, and subjective norms--have neither been developed nor sufficiently tested among diverse racial/ethnic subgroups. The authors explored these constructs and their underlying assumptions relating to the social context of Filipina and Latina women. The mixed-methods study included testing construct measures in the multilingual surveys of a concurrent intervention study of 1,463 women from five ethnic groups. An intensive inductive investigation then targeted Latina and Filipina women to elucidate connections between social context and individual screening behavior. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 key informant scholars, 13 community gatekeepers, and 29 lay women, and a supplemental study videotaped and interviewed 9 mother-daughter dyads. Three social context domains emerged: relational culture, social capital, and transculturation and transmigration. The meaning and appropriateness of the five behavioral constructs were analyzed in relation to these domains. In contradistinction to tenets of behavioral theory, the authors found that social context can influence behavior directly, circumventing or attenuating the influence of individual beliefs; contextual influences, synthesized from multiple perspectives, can operate at an unconscious level not accessible to the individual; and contextual influences are dynamic, contingent on distal and proximal forces coming together in a given moment and are thus not consistent with an exclusive focus at the individual level. This article describes the study methods, summarizes main findings, and previews the detailed results presented in the other articles in this issue. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10