The Group Effect Social Cohesion and Health Outcomes /

Sociologists and anthropologists have had a long interest in studying the ways in which cultures shaped different patterns of health, disease, and mortality. Social scientists have documented low rates of chronic disease and disability in non-Western societies and have suggested that social stabilit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bruhn, John (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Subjects:
Sociology.
Ethnopsychology.
Personality.
Difference (Psychology).
Public health.
Quality of life.
Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Personality and Differential Psychology.
Public Health.
Quality of Life Research.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Significance of the Social Group
  • The Concept of Social Cohesion
  • Social Cohesion and Related Concepts: Social Support and Social Capital
  • Cohesive Societies
  • Cohesive Communities
  • Cohesive Neighborhoods
  • Cohesive Families
  • Social Cohesion as a Mediator of Health Outcomes.

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