Sociocultural Influences on a Person’s Attitude Towards Physical Exercise and Heath

Sociocultural Influences on a somebodys attitude towards Physical Exercise and Health. Humans be by disposition social beings. In trying to determine what makes us feel fulfilled, psychologists have found that a sense of touch of social connection or relatedness is near the top of the list of what we need to experience. We appear to be happiest when we successfully connect with others. Much of what we say and do is motivated by a desire to appear homogeneousable, to move in social approval, to solidify group membership, to manage self-image, or to gain social tide over.Sociocultural factors that twine a persons attitude towards Health and Physical apply can be classified into three groups. They are * Self- put forwardation * Social Influence (social norms and persuasion) * Social support Self-presentation The number one most influential factor on how sociocultural influences do have on ones attitude towards health and physiological exercise. Self-presentation is where a pers on tries to influence others on the perception of their own image.People make many different attempts to manage how others sentiment them because other people control many of the things we want to obtain, such as friendship, financial resources, or occupational group advancement, we strive to gain others approval or avoid rejection. In exercise and physical activity settings, these attempts to present ourselves favourably may have either positive or negative effects on our strivings to be physically active. For example, Tim is slightly overweight and has dietary habits that arent exactly the best and decide to join a secondary school.Tim doesnt want to go and run on the treadmill next to a super sum up world class athlete because his figure and athletic ability are notably different and he doesnt wish to embarrass himself. We see in this example that Tim has this idea that because he isnt the said(prenominal) as the super fit world class athlete that he isnt healthy and indeed he is reluctant to exercise because hes afraid of embarrassing himself. Its people like Tim that are changing who they are and what they are trying to achieve because of either the public opinion or their friends opinion.Self-presentation is a major factor in influencing a persons attitude towards health and physical exercise and the way they general perceive themselves in amongst the group or the community. Social Influence spare-time activity in contributing factors that influence a persons attitude towards health and physical exercise is Social Influence. Social influence is when an individuals thoughts, feelings or actions are affected by other peoples opinions. If you have ever been in an audience at a large musical or histrionics performance, you may have noticed that the audience tends to clap in unison and stop clapping at the same time.You may have even started to clap when no one else did only to feel goosey and quickly stop clapping. What you are experiencing in these situations is the ability of social influence specifically, social norms and conformity. Social influence can be defined as a real or imaginary pressure exerted by others that shapes our behaviour. While self-presentation describes our actions or attempts to project a positive image to others, social influence describes the pressure exerted by others to influence our action.In exercise and physical activity settings, there are numerous examples of the power of social influence. get together a fitness club because other friends pressure you join, or your teenagers desire to purchase the latest pair of basketball shoes because Michael Jordan wears them and touts them on commercial television are both examples of the power of social influence. Social Support Finally, the last group called Social Support. Social Support provides reassurance and/or assistance, instruction or feedback through contact with other individuals or groups.People do not exercise merely to purport good in o thers eyes or because we have been persuaded by others to do so. sometimes people exercise because they obtain social benefits from physical activity involvement. An example would be Fiona is out ravel on her own and feels vulnerable and exposed and feels like everyone else watching is laughing at her. She joins a gym group that runs regularly and finds comfort in the fact that she isnt the only person who may be struggling. The frequency or type of social contacts may have a strong influence on the general well-being of the person as we see in the example.As a whole, physical activity participation appears to be nurtured when there is a socially supportive atmosphere or when participants perceive social support when striving for their exercise goals. Plus having feedback from others that boosts their self-esteem helps and allows them to have the opportunity to find a group in which they feel comfortable and are supported emotionally and tangibly and are able to obtain helpful gu idance or advice from other exercisers, friends, family, or exercise leaders.In conclusion, the contributing factors mentioned above have a material impact on the entire health spectrum. Emotional, Physical, Mental, Spiritual and Social aspects are all affected in how sociocultural factors influence a persons ability towards a healthy lifestyle and staying physically active. Bibliography Title Pgs 1, 2,3,4,5 Sydney Distance Education High School, PD/H/PE 2013 PD/H/PE Second interpretation Textbook, 2009 by Oxford University Press (copyright)