So far we've been focusing on social causation: to say that something is socially constructed is to say that it is caused to be a certain way, and the causal process involves social factors, e.g., social forces were largely responsible for my coming to have the idea of a husband, and social forces were largely responsible for there being husbands.
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But most psychotherapy doesn't address the social causation of mental illness either.
During the transition from childhood to working ages, social causation and health selection are equally weak.
She cautioned, however, that "it is not proper to set up evolutionary and social causation as opposites," adding, "You have to think about how they work together".
Health differences which correspond to socioeconomic status (SES) can be attributed to three causal mechanisms: SES affects health (social causation), health affects SES (health selection), and common background factors influence both SES and health (indirect selection).
While the contribution of common background factors remains difficult to assess, this study shows that both social causation and health selection are responsible for health inequalities; however, their relative importance changes with age.
Using retrospective survey data from 10 European countries (SHARELIFE, n = 20,227) and structural equation models in a cross-lagged panel design, we determine the relative importance in terms of explanatory power of social causation and health selection in the life course from childhood to old age.
The Social Causation of Disease.
Some studies found an inverse association with educational level suggesting a social causation or downward drift due to migraine.
Social causation can play a role in the pathogenesis of headache and should be considered by health promoters.
