KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Transtheoretical Model, Psychometrics, Built Environment
23 Oct 2016
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Complete state of physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. Mental health promotes optimism, happiness, self worth, self efficacy - have confidence to execute things, love and intimacy. Social well being is the ability to function satisfactory in social roles such as work, family and recreation - disconnected from community. Its framework: an approach to describing and expalining how biological, psychological and social factors combine and interact to influence physical and mental health, psychological, biological and sociology impacts your mental health. The psychological component is at the crossroads of the biological and social influences. We need to understand how the person, through behavioral, emotional, and cognitive systems combines these forces in unique ways. Estimated contributions of different factors to health status. Much easier if there was one cause for a specific illness or disease, such as with tuberculosis and cholera. Behaviour mostly affects mental health due to: lack of sleep, arguments, alcohol/drugs.
