Constructing and Testing for Validation of Social Structure Behavior Theory and It’s Cross -level Models
Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China
| Abstract: | Social structure behavior theory was built in social structure perspective to provide a new explanatory and intervention framework for health behaviors. Social structure behavior theory comprises three dimensions: 1) basic social construct, 2) changing of social constructs, and 3) social constructs in modern society. The former is the basic aspect of social construct, while the latter two are increments. In understanding and applying this theory, social ecological theory considers the interplay between individual and social structures to explain people’s behavior. So far, the individual cognition and social structures have been used independently to understand behavioral problems. The combination of the two theories will increase the explanatory powers within the real world and effectively inform interventions. Cross-level theories combining social structure and individual cognition offers opportunities for parallel and nested modeling to explain the combined effects of cognition and social structure on behavior. Prior theories support constructing of these theories and show their rationality. Empirical research indicates that the theoretical model constructed is acceptable. Comparing with prior studies, social structure behavior theory and its cross-level models open up new perspectives for research and advances in the field. Theoretically, in-depth integration and fundamentally improving cognition are the direction of future efforts. |
| Keywords: | Social Structure; Social Structure Behavior Theory; Behavior Cognition |
| DOI: | 10.57237/j.mrf.2023.04.004 |
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Received: 24 September 2023
Accepted: 27 October 2023
Published Online: 28 October 2023
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