Despite previous research being conducted, there is not a unanimous conclusion that societal norms are influential in predicting behavior. Some conclusions are in favor of societal norms, while others favor other social influences and factors. Yun and Silk (2011) rationed social norms into four distinctive types and found that proximal peer norms, the social norms among close friends, are the most influential in forming individuals’ intentions to exercise. Another study found that perceived social support, especially friend support, better predicted exercise behaviors, than perceived social norms (Rhodes et al.,
Despite previous research being conducted, there is not a unanimous conclusion that societal norms are influential in predicting behavior. Some conclusions are in favor of societal norms, while others favor other social influences and factors. Yun and Silk (2011) rationed social norms into four distinctive types and found that proximal peer norms, the social norms among close friends, are the most influential in forming individuals’ intentions to exercise. Another study found that perceived social support, especially friend support, better predicted exercise behaviors, than perceived social norms (Rhodes et al.,