This document discusses the lifestyle of young adults from a sociocultural perspective. It defines lifestyle as the interests, opinions, behaviors and orientations of individuals and groups that are learned through socialization. The document notes that modern lifestyles can be unhealthy, leading to issues like obesity, disease, and mental health problems. It identifies key components of young adult lifestyles like family dynamics, marriage age, and responsibilities. Finally, it discusses main determinants of lifestyle from a sociocultural view, such as culture, social roles, socioeconomic position, and their influence on health.

1. LIFE STYLE OF
YOUNG ADULTS
GROUP-1
Presented by: Aasha budhathoki
Anju shah
Anu Laxmi thapa
Gulnaj begam

2. General objective:
At the end of this session, the participants
will be able to explain about sociocultural
pattern of lifestyle.

3. Specific objectives:
At the end of this session the participants will be
able to:
Define lifestyle
State the components of lifestyle
Define sociocultural pattern
Explain the main determinants of lifestyle in
the context of sociocultural pattern

4. INTRODUCTION
Life style – The way a person lives.
Life style is the interest, opinion, behaviour
and behavioural orientation of an individual,
group and cultural.
It reflects a whole range of social
values,attitude and activities,composed of
cultural and behavioural patterns and life
long personal habits that have developed
through process of socialization.

5. Contd……
Life style are learnt through social interaction
with parent, peer groups, friends, siblings
and through social and mass media
Nowadays life style is going to unhealthy so
that unhealthy lifestyle is emerging as a
serious problem.
Unhealthy life styles refers to personal
practices or habits that can pose danger to
health.

6. Contd…
Today, wide changes have occurred in life
style of all young adult . Unhealthy diet,
smoking, alcohol consuming, drug abuse,
stress and so on, are the presentation of
unhealthy life style that they are used as
dominant form of life style.
Unhealthy life style behaviours are
modifiable and usually established during
adulthood.

7. Contd….
• Unhealthy life style leads to many serious
health problems like ;obesity, malnutrition,
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory
disease, joint problem, cancer, RTA, STDs,
psychiatric problem etc…

8. Components of life style of young
adult
• Socio cultural pattern
• Change of family dynamic
• Age of marriage
• Singlehood
• Family planning
• Leadership responsibilities

9. Socio cultural pattern
• It refers to multitude of values, norms and
activities that are derived from the social
environment one is related to and the
cultural belief that are being followed since
ages.
• Adulthood is usually characterized by
establishing a family, taking responsibilities
as parent and becoming an active member of
society.

10. Contd….
 It sets up certain standard of behaviour for
him and for the society.
 It provide traditional interpretation to certain
situation.
 It keep the individual behaviour and social
relation intact.
 It broden the vision of an individual.
 It creates new needs and interests as well as
help to satisfy them.

11. Main determinants of health
Socio cultural factors
Culture not only form the framework within
which people understand and make sense to
the world but also provide meaning to the
experience of health and illness and modifies
their perception.
• Love ,affection and relationship
• Food belief

12. Contd…
• Housing and environment
• Clothing
• Religious activities
• Social rituals and customs(language, morals,
ethics)
• Political factors-laws, rules etc.
• Gender

13. Contd…
 Social roles and responsibilities
The activities which have been expected to an
individual as being a component of a society
• Interpersonal relationship
• Communication and socialization -
An Independent social determinant of lifestyle is
the extent, strength and quality of our social
connection with others
• Sexual orientation(marriage, sexual attraction)

15. Contd….
Socio economic position
It refers to the status of being economically sound
thus being able to meet the basic needs for living.
• Income
• Occupational status
• Social network and social support
• Psychosocial work environment
• Availability of health facilities
• Advancement of technology and its accessibility

16. References
1. Neeraja,K.P.,(2005),Text book of sociology for
nursing student,jaypee,1st edition,pp 77-80.
2. Madhusudan,T.,(2011),sociology for nursing
and allied health science,jaypee,1st
edition,pp 225-230.
3. Retrived from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
on 2nd February 2019.