Health Lifestyle Theory and the Convergence of Agency and Structure∗

By W. Cockerham. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2005

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Ordering theories: Typologies and conceptual frameworks for sociotechnical change (2017, neutral): “Cockerham (2005) comments that lifestyle approaches focus only on individual behavioral patterns rather than actions of many humans in concert, and that they can also fall prey to ‘upwards conflation’, a flaw whereby focusing on individuals obscures more collective and organizational forms of…”
Social Ecological Approaches to Individuals and Their Contexts (2012, background): “In some cases, researchers and practitioners describe the influence of social inequities on health using grand theories that provide overall explanations of human interactions (Cockerham, 2005; Lynch & Kaplan, 2000; Szreter & Woolcock, 2004).”
Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Behaviors (2010, background): “Class Distinctions High-SES groups may use the adoption of healthy behaviors and lifestyles to set themselves apart from other SES groups (Cockerham 2005).”