lamontagne-normsandtheir-2005.pdf (1.02 MB)
Norms and their relationship to behavior in worksite settings : an application of the Jackson Return Potential Model
journal contribution
posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by L Linnan, Tony LaMontagneTony LaMontagne, A Stoddard, K Emmons, G SorensenTo measure health norms and assess their influence on behavior among 2541 employees in 16 manufacturing worksites using an adapted Jackson's Return Potential Model (RPM). METHODS: Worksite-level norm intensity, crystallization, and normative power were calculated for several behaviors; linear regression analyses tested whether normative power was related to each health behavior. RESULTS: Norms about safe work practices and smoking were most intense; norms about safe work practices were most crystallized. Safe work practices and smoking held the highest normative power; healthy eating held the least normative power. Comparing norm characteristics across health behaviors leads to important leverage points for intervening to influence norms and improve worker health.
History
Journal
American journal of health behaviorVolume
29Issue
3Pagination
258 - 268Publisher
PNG PublicationsLocation
Star City, W. Va.ISSN
1945-7359eISSN
1087-3244Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2005, PNG PublicationsUsage metrics
Categories
No categories selectedKeywords
Licence
Exports
RefWorks
BibTeX
Ref. manager
Endnote
DataCite
NLM
DC