Social Processes Informing Toileting Behavior Among Adolescent and Adult Women: Social Cognitive Theory as an Interpretative Lens
Dados Bibliográficos
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Howard Brown Health, Chicago, Illinois, USA, UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) University of California San Diego USA |
| ANO | Não informado |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732320979168 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
Little is known about social processes shaping adolescent and adult women's toileting behaviors. The 'Study of Habits, Attitudes, Realities, and Experiences' (SHARE) examines adolescent and adult women's experiences related to bladder health across the life course. Forty-four focus groups with 360 participants organized by six age groups were conducted across seven sites. A transdisciplinary team used social cognitive theory as an interpretive lens across a five-stage analysis. The act of observing was identified as the overarching social process informing women's toileting behaviors in three ways: (a) observing others' toileting behavior, (b) being aware that one's own toileting behaviors are monitored by others, and (c) observing oneself relative to others. We found that underlying processes of toileting behaviors, seemingly private are, in fact, highly social. We suggest, given this social embeddedness that health promotion efforts should leverage interpersonal networks for 'social norming' interventions and policies to promote healthy toileting behaviors.