People do not always take action to promote health, engaging instead in unhealthy habits
and reporting fatalism about health. One important mechanism underlying these patterns …

People aspire to be healthy but often fall short of this goal. Poor health is associated with
macro‐level factors—social stratification and low socioeconomic position, including low …

Based upon Identity and Social Cognitive theories, two studies examined reactions to
challenges to exercise identity (Study 1) and healthy-eater identity (Study 2). For both …

This research examines how identity-based interventions can improve consumer health.
Results of laboratory and field experiments reveal that associating risky health behaviors …

Considerable evidence now exists that people can draw on social groups in order to
maintain and enhance health and well‐being. We review this evidence and suggest that …

The health of people's body and mind is powerfully conditioned by social factors that affect
their social identity. Consistent with this notion, there is a growing interest in the way that …

Two studies examined the effects of self‐categorization on people's orientation towards
health. In Study 1, making salient a social identity which did not advocate a positive …

This study examined the effects of dispositional aspects of identity on intentions and
behavior in the context of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) for three health behaviors …

While much research documents the influence of self-efficacy on enactment of health
behaviors, relatively less attention has been given to the factors that influence self-efficacy …

The social environment comprising communities, families, neighbourhoods, work teams,
and various other forms of social group is not simply an external feature of the world that …