Health Sciences 2000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Victimology, Conscientiousness, Health Promotion

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2000A/B
• Professor: Kenneth Kirkwood

Document Summary

Define psychosocial health and its components: intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual health. Encompasses the mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of health. Intellectual health: the thinking you: rational part of psychosocial health; the ability to: Evaluate situations and react appropriately: sharp declines may indicate poor mental health. Emotional health: the feeling you: subjective side of psychosocial health, arousal, feelings, cognitive, and behaviours: Respond appropriately to upsetting or uplifting events. Not let one"s feelings overpower one"s self: poor emotional health = poor social health. Social health: interaction with others: the ability to: Adapt to a variety of social situations: promotes physical and mental health. Promoting and preserving your psychosocial health: lack of social health may result in prejudice, bias. Spiritual health: an inner quest for well-being: meaning, connectedness, energy transcendence. Healthy vs dysfunctional: influences of the wider environment. Self-efficacy: belief in ability to perform a task. Self-esteem: sense of respect, worth: learned helplessness vs. learned optimism.