Question

go in depth about external influences family roles and your immediate family give example as well

Answer 1

There are a number of factors that determine the likelihood of engaging in a particular behavior. These determinants can be classified as either internal factors, e.g. knowledge, or external factors, e.g. social support, that are instrumental in understanding behavior. Some internal factors considered to be important in advocating health-relevant behaviors are: knowledge about risk factors and risk reduction; attitudes, beliefs and core values; social and life adaptation skills; psychological disposition, e.g. self-efficacy, and physiology. Some external factors are: social support; media, e.g. public service announcements; socio-cultural, economic and political factors; biologic; health care system; environmental stressors, and societal laws and regulations. Personal change occurs within a network of social influences. Depending on their nature, social factors can aid, retard, or undermine efforts at personal change. Social influences rooted in indigenous sources generally have greater impact and sustaining power than those applied by outsiders for a limited time. In the social diffusion of new behavior patterns, indigenous adopters usually serve as more influential exemplars and persuaders than do outsiders. Existing social, religious, recreational, occupational, and educational organizations can serve as highly effective disseminators of preventive health guidelines. Social factors, such as social support may also have considerable influence on cost-benefit assessments and self-efficacy beliefs. Informal social support has been shown to correlate with health actions. When couples jointly confront a problem, there may be a mutual basis for enacting steps to change their behavior. Informal support groups that prescribe changing high risk behaviors may also function to guide movement towards behavioral change. Loneliness and lack of social support was related to high-risk sex. Seeking help from formal and informal sources may help to reduce risk. Many people take their cue for appropriate action from peers, and significant individuals in one's environment are often influential in alerting people about risk, suggesting ways to reduce risk, and in modeling specific methods for changing behavior. A social action view emphasizes social interdependence and interaction in personal control of health-endangering behavior. Personal action scripts are socially intertwined with scripts of family members, friends, or others in ways that pose significant obstacles to long- term change.