Department of International Development, London School of Economics.
Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2020 Jan;15(1):62-80. doi: 10.1177/1745691619866455. Epub 2019 Nov 7.
The theoretical literature on social norms is multifaceted and at times contradictory. Looking at existing reviews, we aimed to offer a more complete understanding of its current status. By investigating the conceptual frameworks and organizing elements used to compare social-norms theories, we identified four theoretical spaces of inquiry that were common across the reviews: what social norms are, what relationship exists between social norms and behavior, how social norms evolve, and what categories of actors must be considered in the study of social norms. We highlight areas of consensus and debate in the reviews around these four themes and discuss points of agreement and disagreement that uncover trajectories for future empirical and theoretical investigation.
关于社会规范的理论文献是多方面的，有时甚至相互矛盾。通过回顾现有文献，我们旨在更全面地了解其现状。通过调查用于比较社会规范理论的概念框架和组织要素，我们确定了综述中普遍存在的四个理论研究领域：社会规范是什么、社会规范与行为之间存在什么关系、社会规范如何演变以及在研究社会规范时必须考虑哪些类别的行为者。我们强调了综述中围绕这四个主题的共识和争议领域，并讨论了揭示未来实证和理论研究方向的一致和分歧点。
