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Role of socialization in explaining social inequalities in health.

Archana Singh-Manoux, +1 more
- 01 May 2005 - 
- Vol. 60, Iss: 9, pp 2129-2133
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It is argued that social selection, materialist/structural and cultural/behavioural explanations for social inequalities in health are related to each other through the mechanism of socialization, seen here as a process through which societies shape patterns of behaviour and being that then affect health.
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This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 2005-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 193 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anticipatory socialization & Political socialization.

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Q1. What are the contributions mentioned in the paper "The role of socialization in explaining social inequalities in health. running title: socialization and epidemiology" ?

Bourdieu et al. this paper argue that the social selection, material and behavioural explanations are interrelated, and socialization is the mechanism through which societies shape patterns of behaviour and being that then affect health outcomes. 

Four key areas that would benefit from research within the socialization framework are identified: health behaviours, psychological vulnerability, social skills and future time perspective. 

The authors argue that cultural, behavioural, structural and material explanations of social inequalities need to be integrated in order to understand the social determinants of health. 

The central premise here is that good social bonds provide specific benefits that flow from the trust, reciprocity, information, and cooperation associated with social networks. 

The idea that social class influences behaviour, emotion and cognition (Gallo & Mathews, 2003; Shaffer, 1994) is an emerging theme in the psychological literature. 

This paper proposes that socialization is a process that links social selection (where early life environmental factors are seen to influence both adult health and social career), materialist/structural, and cultural/behavioural explanations of health inequalities. 

The importance of the social environment lies in the kinds of behaviours, attitudes and beliefs that are sampled in a particular environment. 

This paper argues that the social selection, material and behavioural explanations are interrelated, and socialization is the mechanism through which societies shape patterns of behaviour and being that then affect health outcomes. 

Socialization: Key areas for future researchFour key areas, linking social structure to health, are likely to benefit from researchwithin the socialization framework. 

AS-M is supported by grants to the Whitehall II study from National Institute onAging (AG13196), US NIH and the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation Researchexplanations for social inequalities in health are related to each other through the mechanism of socialization; seen here as a process through which societies shape patterns of behaviour and being that then affect health. 

Abstract word count: 98 Main text word count: 2000Key Words: health inequalities, habitus, socialization, socioeconomic position, lifecoursegradient in health in developed countries (Fox, 1989; Krieger, Williams & Moss, 1997; Marmot, Rose, Shipley & Hamilton, 1978). 

FTP has been found to play a role in educational achievement (Peetsma, 2000; Shell & Husman, 2001), risky behaviour (Rothspan & Read, 1996; Zimbardo et al., 1997), and has been extensively linked to substance abuse (Keough, Zimbardo & Boyd, 1999; Wills, Sandy & Yaeger, 2001). 

Health behaviours, when viewed asperspective stresses the importance of the interrelation between social structure and behaviour and the assessment of global rather than individual health behaviours. 

3. Social participation: Social networks, social support and the wider concept of socialcapital has been extensively linked to health in recent years (Berkman, Glass, Brisette & Seeman, 2000; House, Landis & Umberson, 1988; Putnam, 2000). 

Social advantage has been linked to maintenance and even increase in health advantage over the last century despite changes in knowledge about risk factors. 

The socialization hypothesis has proved useful to examine development of attitudes (Glass et al., 1986; McLanahan & Bumpass, 1988), and is likely to provide insight into psychosocial vulnerability.