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Social context: meanings, measures and mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Michael Rutter
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Abstract

Concepts, findings and methodological considerations regarding the influence of social circumstances on psychological functioning are selectively reviewed with respect to five different types of possible effect deriving from: the impact of social connotation or meaning of risk/protective factors; social comparison effects; compositional effects deriving from the make-up of a social group; a social contextual effect reflecting the ethos of a broader social environment; and a social group characteristics effect stemming from the behaviour/values of a peer group.

Type
Focus: Personality and identity
Information
European Review , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 139 - 149
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Copyright © Academia Europaea 1999

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