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Social status, social context, and arterial blood pressure
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1997As social change and economic development have proceeded, the prevalence of chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, has increased in the developing world. In part this is due to the adoption of diets and other health behaviors characteristics of industrialized nations; in part it is a function of changing social and economic circumstances.
W W, Dressler, J R, Bindon
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Response of Prisoners to Social Pressure
Psychological Reports, 1967Each of 24 prisoners as one of a group of 8 persons gave 40% conforming judgments on Asch's line-length task. Significant positive rs obtained between educational levels claimed and tested and between IQ and tested educational level. r was negative but significant for educational level and number of conforming responses.
A H, Kidd, M M, Karpan
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Social support, social pressures and psychological distress during unemployment
Psychological Medicine, 1985SynopsisA sample of 1150 unemployed 17 year-olds, containing blacks and whites, males and females, was obtained from 11 urban regions in England. Social support was measured in respect of five different forms of help from others. Measures were also obtained of psychological distress, perceived pressure from others to obtain a job, employment commitment,
P, Ullah, M, Banks, P, Warr
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Social stress induced pressure breathing and consequent blood pressure oscillation
Life Sciences, 1986A large amplitude blood pressure oscillation occurs during social defeat in a territorial fight between male rats, and during the application of a psychosocial stimulus associated with this defeat. Synchronous recording of blood pressure, intrathoracic pressure and diaphragm activity shows that the blood pressure oscillation coincides with a typical ...
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Social Theory and Practice, 2018
John Stuart Mill takes social pressure to be a serious threat to individuality, and his proposed limit to the “authority of society” in On Liberty is meant to restrain its force. This proposal creates practical and conceptual difficulties, though, because considerable social pressure can be produced as an unintended, cumulative effect of individuals ...
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John Stuart Mill takes social pressure to be a serious threat to individuality, and his proposed limit to the “authority of society” in On Liberty is meant to restrain its force. This proposal creates practical and conceptual difficulties, though, because considerable social pressure can be produced as an unintended, cumulative effect of individuals ...
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FAVORITISM UNDER SOCIAL PRESSURE
2014This chapter examines the effect of social forces as determinants of behavior, in particular the role of social pressure as a determinant of corruption, through the lens of professional soccer. First, it shows and quantifies the referee's bias. The premise is that the amount of extra time should not systematically depend on the identity of the team ...
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Can Social Pressure Stifle Free Speech?
2023This paper studies public opinion in the context of strong social norms that can induce conformity and self-censorship. We present a model that highlights how social pressure can affect the public expression of opinion either through a change in publicly stated views (conformity) or by inducing self-censorship (silence).
Morales, Juan S., Samahita, Margaret
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Mobilizing social pressures toward small families
Eugenics Quarterly, 1966(1966). Mobilizing social pressures toward small families. Eugenics Quarterly: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 122-127.
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Purpose, profit and social pressure
Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2023Fenghua Song, Anjan Thakor, Robert Quinn
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Alcohol and Social Influences: Yielding among Male Social Drinkers to Social Pressure
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 1992Thirty men participated as paid volunteers in an experiment exploring whether alcohol intoxication makes a person more or less likely to yield to social pressure. Subjects were randomly assigned to either a Control, a Placebo, or an Alcohol group. The alcohol dose was 0.8 ml of 100% alcohol/kg body weight. Subjects first estimated the length of a line,
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