Social influence process

Abstract

Definition: An in which people's thoughts, feelings or behaviours are influenced by other people.Comment: If social influence processes are specific to behaviour, the entity "social influence behaviour" should be referred to.This definition was imported from the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology (see https://bciosearch.org/).Comments and suggestions for improvements are welcome using the Qeios review system.Definitions imported from the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology (BCIO) are what are known as 'ontological definitions'.See this article in Qeios for an explanation https://www.qeios.com/read/YGIF9B.Ontological definitions can sometimes be hard to read.In those cases we also include an informal definition.Definitions also often require elaboration to make it clear how they should be used and what they include.In those cases we include a comment.Also, definitions sometimes require an explanation as to how they came about to help users understand how they relate to alternative definitions.In those cases we include a curator note.