The relationship between shared versus disparate notions of culture and health

文化与健康的共同概念与不同概念之间的关系

• 批准号: 2214749
• 负责人: Henri Dengah
• 金额: $ 25.6万
• 依托单位: Utah State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2214749&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: relationship; between; shared; versus; disparate

How does culture shape and compel human behaviors, and what are the health consequences of adherence or deviance with socially prescribed norms? This research project investigates the motivations for adhering to, or deviating from, cultural norms and the well-being outcomes of these behaviors. Research shows that conforming to group expectations, and the norms and values of one’s culture, facilitates the construction of social networks, acceptance, and well-being. Conversely, being deviant from shared cultural values is often stressful due to negative social feedback and lack of a sense of belonging. Yet, individuals within groups are not homogenous. Rather their behaviors are shaped by internal (e.g., personal beliefs) and external (e.g., social pressures) motivational forces, and limited by structural constraints (e.g., socioeconomic status). This research involves an international collaboration of anthropologists, psychologists, and biologists, and the training of graduate students, in ethnographic and biomarker data collection and analysis. It disseminates its findings broadly to academic and non-academic audiences.This research utilizes ethnographic and cognitive anthropological methods to evaluate ways by which culture values are shared, internalized, and enacted into behavior. Investigators employ cultural consensus and cultural consonance, and related approaches to identify shared cultural norms and individuals’ adherence to versus separation from such values. Health outcomes, particularly those associated with psychosocial stress, are measured through mental health surveys, as well as biomarkers such as blood pressure, and hair cortisol concentrations. This combination of health outcomes provides both acute and chronic measurements of psychosocial stress. A longitudinal research design evaluates changes in cultural behaviors and health and provides insight to potential causal associations. In doing so, this study furthers a biocultural understanding of how culture shapes health.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

文化如何塑造和强迫人类的行为，以及以社会规定的规范遵守或出发的健康后果是什么？该研究项目研究了遵守或偏离文化规范或偏离这些行为的福祉的动机。研究表明，符合群体期望以及文化的规范和价值观，促进了社交网络，接受和福祉的建设。相反，由于负面的社会反馈和缺乏归属感，偏离共同的文化价值观通常会压力很大。然而，组中的个人不是同质的。相反，它们的行为是由内部（例如个人信仰）和外部（例如社会压力）动机力量塑造的，并且受结构限制（例如社会经济地位）的限制。这项研究涉及人类学和生物标志物数据收集和分析中的人类学家，心理学家和生物学家的国际合作以及研究生的培训。它广泛地传播到学术和非学术受众的发现。这项研究利用民族志和认知人类学方法来评估培养价值共享，内在化和实施行为的方式。研究人员的员工文化共识和文化辅音，以及相关的方法，以确定共同的文化规范和个人遵守与这种价值观的遵守。通过心理健康调查以及血压和头发皮质醇浓度等生物标志物来衡量健康结果，尤其是与社会心理压力相关的结果。这种健康结果的结合提供了心理压力的急性和慢性测量。纵向研究设计评估了文化行为和健康的变化，并为潜在的因果关系提供了见识。在这样做的过程中，这项研究进一步了解了对文化如何塑造健康的生物文化理解。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估，被视为珍贵的支持。