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Meta-Analysis of Studies on the Relationship Between Cultural Capital and Health Behaviors in Iran
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Amin Heydarian   , Mohammad Ganji |
| Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran |
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Background: The trend of previous studies in Iran indicates that in recent years, the focus on health behaviors and related factors has significantly increased. Among these factors, the key concept of cultural capital can be highlighted. The main objective of the present research is to estimate the effect size of the relationship between cultural capital and health behaviors among empirical studies conducted in Iran.
Methods: This study was conducted using a meta-analysis method. For this purpose, relevant keywords were searched in three databases: Irandoc, Magiran, and SID. To examine the assumption of publication bias, funnel plots and Begg and Mazumdar rank correlation tests were used.
Results: A search in the databases yielded 23 studies that met the inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis. The findings indicated that the combined effect size of cultural capital on health behaviors was 0.330, which is considered moderate according to Cohen's criteria. Additionally, based on moderator analysis, the quantitative variable of the year of publication and qualitative variables such as publication period, geographical location, statistical population, sampling method, gender, and age of respondents can be considered sources of heterogeneity in the research.
Conclusion: Based on the results of this meta-analysis, the variable of cultural capital can have a moderate impact on health behaviors. This impact is moderated by intervening variables, among the most important of which is the year of publication of the studies. This variable reflects the influence of changes in the social and cultural conditions of the studied community on the mentioned relationship. |
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| Keywords: Culture, Health Behavior, Healthy Lifestyle, Meta-Analysis |
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Received: 2024/12/2 | Accepted: 2025/01/27 | ePublished ahead of print: 2025/03/1 | Published: 2025/03/18
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