BACKGROUND Social norms are theoretically hypothesized to influence health-related behaviors such as physical activity and eating behaviors. However, empirical evidence relating social norms to these behaviors, independently of other more commonly-investigated social constructs such as social support, is scarce and findings equivocal, perhaps due to limitations in the ways in which social norms...

Despite the disease prevention benefits of engaging in life-long regular physical activity, many adults remain sedentary. The social environment provides an important context for health and health behavior across the lifespan, as well as a potential point of intervention for increasing physical activity. Self-reports of perceived social support, social strain, positive social control, and negat...

Despite the widely recognized health benefits of physical activity, participation in regular activity falls far short Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018–2030. More than half population does not reach current recommendations, and around one-fourth is sufficiently active at all. Understanding social-cognitive theories may aid creation interventions to improve long-term maintenance. The ...

students are a large portion of the youth in the society and it is important to pay attention to their general health. the aim of this study was to explain the role of physical activity in social well-being of students in universities of kermanshah city. this study was a descriptive-correlation conducted as a cross sectional study. two questionnaires of keyes's social well-being (1998) and...