HLTC22H3 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Book Notes
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: the interface between physical and mental health. Sigmund freud is credited with developing the first western scientific theory of mind, and he believed that eventually psychological phenomena would be traced back to neurophysiological events. reciprocal relationship between physical and psychological health. Mothers of asthmatic children are often overprotective because their children are quite ill. Having a chronic illness can lead to depression and frustration. Mind and body are intimately connected in a bidirectional or transactional manner. Transactional- spirals) to acknowledge the physiological factors studied in connection with health and aging including: traits, affective states, psychological symptoms and beliefs and attitudes. Personality processes: continuous process of change among multiple variables (ex. Personality processes: strong association between personality processes and diseases such as coronary heart for disease (chd) and overall mortality. More recent research has reinstated the relationship between personality and disease outcomes.
