Social influences are social factors that may be considered when explaining variations in people's thoughts, feelings and behavior. Social influences include:

• Group participation
• Social adjustment
• Social drinking
• Social identity
• Social interaction
• Social isolation
• Social issues
• Social networks
• Social support networks

Sociocultural factorsEdit

• Ethnic values
• Minority influence
• Social class
• Social mobility

Mechanisms of social influenceEdit

• Socialization
• Social acceptance
• Social comparison
• Social change
• Social control
• Social reinforcement
• Social modelling
• Social perception
• Role models

Direct interpersonal influencesEdit

• Abuse
• Authority
• Coercion
• Criticism
• Enabling
• Ethics
• Mentor
• Peer pressure
• Persuasion
• Popularity
• Power
• Prejudice
• Propaganda
• Reference groups
• Social approval
• Social desirability
• Social norms
• Superstitions
• Stigma
• Taboos

Social environmental factorsEdit

• Social environments
• Academic environments
• Communities
• Home environment
• Poverty areas
• Suburban environments
• Towns
• Urban environments
• Working condirions
• Cultural deprivation
• Social density
• Social deprivation

Social processesEdit

• Conformity

See alsoEdit

• Social determinant of health