Negotiation Over Self Control and Activity : An Anlysis of Balancing in the Repertoires of Finnish Healthy Lifestyles  

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Pajari, Pia M. ; Jallinoja, Piia ; Absetz, Pilvikki

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 62 no. 10 (May 2006), page 2601-2611.
Topik: healthy; healthy lifestyle; health repertoires; health responsibility; finland

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.4 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study analyses arguments for and against the notion of healthy lifestyles, and the construction of responsibility for health, in group discussions in finland. With data from four focus groups, we identified five interpretative repertoires a strong activity repertoires reflects the dominant cultural value of health and emphasizes self control. Three other repertoires illness, external barriers and weak character, share the underlying values of the activity repertoires, but exemplify situations where the individual lacks control, seeking to justify deviations from the norm of activity. One counter repertoires, the pleasure repertoires, questions the hegemonic value of health, and discusses other competing values. The discussion of health is an ongoing dialectical process drawing from the different repertoires. In order to avoid stigmatization and to save face in the social situation of a focus group, the subjects strive to balance their accoutns of behaviours considered unhealthy by also claiming healthy behaviours. They also strike a balance between extreme rigidity and carelessness, emphasizing the ideal of moderation and harmony. The findings point to a need to consider variations in and underpinnings of a good life at the individual level. Encouraging people to specify the meaning and content of moderation in their personal lives could provide a new perspective for health education and health promotion.

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