PUBHLTH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Carl E. Thoresen
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(lesson 13) public health 10: stress management: college students perceive and experience less stress and anxiety if they practice: Realistic goal-setting: trust in ourselves, trust in a higher power or trusting that things workout all fall under the tenet of spirituality or mindfulness called: Faith: spirituality can be defined by any of the following except: Attending religious services: ________ is the state of being attentive to and aware of what is taking place in the present. Mindfulness: spirituality has been linked to: Studies of adolescent behavior have found that higher levels of spiritual practices, such as meditation, prayer, and service are inversely related to alcohol and drug use, smoking, sexual activity, depressive symptoms and suicide risk. It has also been shown that mindfulness practices can reduce perceptions of stress, relieve anxiety, enhance feelings of forgiveness, and even improve self-compassion (oman, shapiro, thoresen, plante, & flinders, 2008; deckro, et al. , 2002; carmody &
