KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Personality Disorder, Transtheoretical Model, Blue-Collar Worker

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 1020
• Professor: Michael Riddell

Document Summary

Study of social, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional factors that influence the: Patients and families response to illness and disease. Good mental health promotes good physical health and allows an individual to control the direction of their life. Social well-being is the ability to function satisfactorily in social roles such as work, family and recreation. Health psychologists help individuals improve their behaviour. Treat personality disorders, developmental or social issues, while some conduct research in the areas of neuropsychology, cognitive, physiology or clinical. The most popular survey for assessing health is the sf-36. This questionnaire will evaluate the areas of physical and mental health. It assess an individual"s physical functioning, bodily pain and general physical health; and vitality, social functioning, emotions and overall mental health conditions. Heath psychologists develop several types of models to explain all the things that individuals choose to do or not to do, and provide techniques that are useful for changing behaviours that affect health and illness.