PSY30011 WEEK 6: WELLNESS, HEALTH AND POSITIVE COPING HOW WE THINK ABOUT AND INTERPRET THINGS IN OUR LIVES CONTRIBUTES TO WELLBEING DEFINE WELLNESS AND WHAT IS ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING · Dunn (1961) -high-level wellness =state of enhanced physical and emotional wellness · Zest for life · Maximizing potential · Meaning an purpose · Social responsibility · Have skills to adapt to challenging environments . - DEFINE HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS SCIENTIFIC STUDY · Health means WHOLENESS = both physical and mental · Psychology is a science studying mental and behavioral functioning · Health psychology = what role does psychological factors play in health and illness · Interaction between biological, psychological and social forces · Psychological theory - promotion of healthy behavior and reduce suffering associated with illness . Searches for ways to predict /prevent illness and evaluate what role psychology plays in treating illness · Health psychologist + government initiatives =health policies and agendas · PNI =psychoneuroimmunology - - looks at the relationship between psychological processes - emotions and the immune system and nervous system · Actue stress activate SNA Sympathetic Nervous systems =increased cardiac output/constricted vessels, blood flow, blood pressure · Stress =cancer - slows down cell repair process by how it effects hormonal activation and glucocorticoids release · = the immune systems production of lymphocytes DEFINE POSITIVE COPING · 2 coping mechanisms - · problem-focused coping - change the situation · remove the stressor · Seek advice, assistance or information to change the situation . Learn from the past Think of alternatives . · emotion focused coping - change thoughts of the situation . change unpleasant thoughts of emotional consequences of the stress Reduce anxiety without dealing with the problem
HOW CAN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY PRINCIPLES IMPROVE HEALTH