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Health and Ill complete physical, mental and social
Health general well-being, not just the absence of
definition disease
Health and Ill physical/biological factors, illness is a
Health physical disease and health is the absence
BIOMEDICAL of disease
definition
Health and Ill interaction of biological, psychological
Health and social factors to enhance health and
BIOPSYCHOSOCIA prevent disease
L definition
Health as a health/ill health are two extremes with
Continuum many in-between states
Stress emotional response to situations of threat
Physical stressors temperature, noise
,Psychological life events, daily hassles
stressors
Physiological Stress bodily symptoms; increased heart rate,
Response sick, sweating
Psychological the emotion you feel when a stressor
Stress Response occurs
people react different to the same
Perceived Ability to
stressors due to perception of our internal
Cope
and external coping resources
complex mental health disorder,
Addiction pleasurable despite harmful
consequences
Physiological physical effects; withdrawal and tolerance
addiction
1. Salience (physical and psychological
dependence)
Griffiths 6 2. Tolerence
Components of 3. Withdrawal
Addiction 4. Relapse
5. Conflict
6. Mood alteration
explains why people engage/don't in
healthy behaviour
1. perceived seriousness
HBM 2. perceived susceptibility
3. cost-benefit analysis
4. modifying factors (demographics
variables, self efficacy etc)
, + practical application, bowel/colon
cancer
HBM Evaluation + strong credibility, works irl
- not a single model
- assumes we are rational
HBM studies Becker and Carpenter
internal: events under own control, take
blame
LOC
external: outside own control, blame
others
+Research, externals vulnerable to risks
factors (AVTGIS)
+Practical Application, internal protects
against stress (GALE)
LOC evaluation
-Limited role in health related behaviours,
only current relevance
-Complex, internals can be stressed by
unavoidable events (KRAUSE)
Rotter (review into internal/external)
Abouserie (gender differences, Loc and
self esteem link in students)
LOC 3 studies
Krause (older adults w extreme
internal/external=more stressful life
events)