answers with solutions
6 Types of Wellness - ANSWER Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Spiritual, Environmental, Social
Physical Health - ANSWER component of bodily health & physical fitness
o Disease Risk Factors
o Quality of life
Emotional Health - ANSWER Social skills & interpersonal relationships
o Self esteem
o Coping ability
o Emotional stability
o Depression
o Anxiety disorders
Intellectual Health - ANSWER keeping your mind active throughout life
Spiritual Health - ANSWER having a sense of meaning & purpose...this can mean different things
to different people
Environmental Health - ANSWER how the environment affects your health and how you affect
the environment
Social Health - ANSWER maintaining meaningful personal relationships
, Stages of Changing Behavior (And Definitions) - ANSWER - Pre-contemplation Stage Having no
plans to change behavior
- Contemplation Stage being aware that a change is needed and starting to plan that change
- Preparation Stage Change is imminent
- Action Stage behavior change has occurred but has not yet lasted 6 months... temptation to
revert to old ways is great
- Maintenance Stage period beginning after 6 months worth of behavior change. Decrease in
temptation to revert to prior behavior
Ways to help encourage behavioral change - ANSWER Behavior change contracts
Setting realistic short & long term goals
Self monitoring - determining what causes your unhealthy habits
Counter conditioning - replacing unhealthy choice with healthy choice
Self reinforcement - reward yourself
Decisional balance - weighing pros & cons of behavior change
Relapse prevention - identify environments where you are likely to slip up and develop a plan to
avoid those situations
Physical Activity - ANSWER includes all physical movement...walking to class, running to catch
the shuttle, carrying your backpack etc.
Occupational
Lifestyle
Leisure
Exercise - ANSWER a form of leisure-time physical activity performed specifically for
improvements in physical fitness
Health Benefits of Physical Activity [6] - ANSWER - Reduced risk of cardiovascular disease