IDIS 199 EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔Wheel of Life - Recreation, Culture, and Hobbies - ✔✔recreation is a healthy
pastime or diversion
exercise has many important physical and mental health benefits
do you have interests like visiting galleries, listening/playing music, or other
relaxing/enjoying activities?
do you make time for regular exercise?
✔✔Wheel of Life - Physical Environment - ✔✔safe and pleasant home and work
environment is important to well-being
how do you feel about your home/work environments?
does it support your studies, recreation/relaxation, and good quality sleep?
✔✔Getting the Balance Right - ✔✔Balance
- how you want your wheel of life to look
- biggest differences?
Overload
- what areas are you spending too much time on? what could use more time?
Time on Self and Others
- are you spending enough time on interests that support your own health?
Changes to make
- what areas on the wheel would you change and why?
✔✔Planning for and Achieving Study-Life Balance - ✔✔plan a schedule
set goals
make friends
know your limits
look after yourself
✔✔Compassionate campuses - ✔✔universities need to consider how institutional
contexts, environments, values, practices, and cultures can impact student mental
health and well-being
universal design of modules, agency in assessment, forming connections, peer support,
tackling stigma and discriminations
- can help students to thrive, not just survive
✔✔What is social connectedness? - ✔✔Personal sense of belonging to a group, family,
or community. The subjective experience of feeling understood and connected.
,made on the basis of world view, environment, values, relationships, work, and
recreations
✔✔Social Connectedness Overview - ✔✔culture and heritage
meaningful work
meaningful values
the natural world
other people
✔✔Social Connectedness - Culture and heritage - ✔✔connections through heritage can
include celebrating traditions, cultural holidays, or relating to people/places from your
past
✔✔Social Connectedness - Meaningful Work - ✔✔can refer to your work, hobbies,
volunteering, or passion projects
✔✔Social Connectedness - Meaningful Values - ✔✔refers to faith-based activities
activities that reflect importance with family or personal values
✔✔Social Connectedness - The Natural World - ✔✔all animals, plants, and other things
in nature and not made/caused by people
can include gardening, hiking, sightseeing, etc.
✔✔Social Connectedness - Other people - ✔✔includes friends, family, peers,
colleagues, and more
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - ✔✔- improve quality of life
- boost mental health
- increased life expectancy
- decrease suicide risk
- build more inclusive learning communities
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - improved quality of life - ✔✔social connection
shapes everyday life and well-being
important determinant of health and mental health
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - boost mental health - ✔✔friendships offer a
number of mental health benefits
- increased feelings of belonging, purpose, happiness, reduced stress, improved self-
worth, and confidence
study found those with insufficient social support were most likely to suffer from mental
health disorders like anxiety and depression
, ✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - increased life expectancy - ✔✔research shown
that social connections impact mental health and physical health
individuals with stronger social relationships had 50% increased survival
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - decreased risk of suicide - ✔✔a factor for suicide
is connectedness
- the degree to which a person or group is socially close, interrelated, or shares
resources
relationships can play a crucial role in protecting a person from feeling isolated, suicidal
thoughts, and behaviours
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - build inclusive learning communities -
✔✔compassion for self and others
challenging stigma and discriminations
✔✔Benefits to your mental health from a friendship - ✔✔- increased levels of belonging
- purpose
- increased levels of happiness
- reduced stress levels
- improved self-worth
- confidence
- less likely to suffer from anxiety and depression
✔✔How does social isolation effect pathways to self-harm in Adolescents and emergent
adults? - ✔✔social exclusion or lack of social connectedness, loneliness, and other risk
factors such as substance misuse are important contributors
✔✔How to form healthy relationships? Why is it important? - ✔✔social connections
impact your overall health and well-being but they require time and effort. Requires
opening up and actively listening. Relationships don't last forever, but it doesn't mean it
didn't serve its purpose
✔✔Developing Social Membership at University - ✔✔Interests or hobbies?
- join a club
What cause is important to you?
- volunteer
what sorts of personalities are you naturally comfortable around?
- reach out
✔✔What is loneliness? - ✔✔Lonely is when your social needs are not being met or you
feel a lack of social connectedness
can happen especially during losses or transitions
ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔Wheel of Life - Recreation, Culture, and Hobbies - ✔✔recreation is a healthy
pastime or diversion
exercise has many important physical and mental health benefits
do you have interests like visiting galleries, listening/playing music, or other
relaxing/enjoying activities?
do you make time for regular exercise?
✔✔Wheel of Life - Physical Environment - ✔✔safe and pleasant home and work
environment is important to well-being
how do you feel about your home/work environments?
does it support your studies, recreation/relaxation, and good quality sleep?
✔✔Getting the Balance Right - ✔✔Balance
- how you want your wheel of life to look
- biggest differences?
Overload
- what areas are you spending too much time on? what could use more time?
Time on Self and Others
- are you spending enough time on interests that support your own health?
Changes to make
- what areas on the wheel would you change and why?
✔✔Planning for and Achieving Study-Life Balance - ✔✔plan a schedule
set goals
make friends
know your limits
look after yourself
✔✔Compassionate campuses - ✔✔universities need to consider how institutional
contexts, environments, values, practices, and cultures can impact student mental
health and well-being
universal design of modules, agency in assessment, forming connections, peer support,
tackling stigma and discriminations
- can help students to thrive, not just survive
✔✔What is social connectedness? - ✔✔Personal sense of belonging to a group, family,
or community. The subjective experience of feeling understood and connected.
,made on the basis of world view, environment, values, relationships, work, and
recreations
✔✔Social Connectedness Overview - ✔✔culture and heritage
meaningful work
meaningful values
the natural world
other people
✔✔Social Connectedness - Culture and heritage - ✔✔connections through heritage can
include celebrating traditions, cultural holidays, or relating to people/places from your
past
✔✔Social Connectedness - Meaningful Work - ✔✔can refer to your work, hobbies,
volunteering, or passion projects
✔✔Social Connectedness - Meaningful Values - ✔✔refers to faith-based activities
activities that reflect importance with family or personal values
✔✔Social Connectedness - The Natural World - ✔✔all animals, plants, and other things
in nature and not made/caused by people
can include gardening, hiking, sightseeing, etc.
✔✔Social Connectedness - Other people - ✔✔includes friends, family, peers,
colleagues, and more
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - ✔✔- improve quality of life
- boost mental health
- increased life expectancy
- decrease suicide risk
- build more inclusive learning communities
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - improved quality of life - ✔✔social connection
shapes everyday life and well-being
important determinant of health and mental health
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - boost mental health - ✔✔friendships offer a
number of mental health benefits
- increased feelings of belonging, purpose, happiness, reduced stress, improved self-
worth, and confidence
study found those with insufficient social support were most likely to suffer from mental
health disorders like anxiety and depression
, ✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - increased life expectancy - ✔✔research shown
that social connections impact mental health and physical health
individuals with stronger social relationships had 50% increased survival
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - decreased risk of suicide - ✔✔a factor for suicide
is connectedness
- the degree to which a person or group is socially close, interrelated, or shares
resources
relationships can play a crucial role in protecting a person from feeling isolated, suicidal
thoughts, and behaviours
✔✔Benefits of social connectedness - build inclusive learning communities -
✔✔compassion for self and others
challenging stigma and discriminations
✔✔Benefits to your mental health from a friendship - ✔✔- increased levels of belonging
- purpose
- increased levels of happiness
- reduced stress levels
- improved self-worth
- confidence
- less likely to suffer from anxiety and depression
✔✔How does social isolation effect pathways to self-harm in Adolescents and emergent
adults? - ✔✔social exclusion or lack of social connectedness, loneliness, and other risk
factors such as substance misuse are important contributors
✔✔How to form healthy relationships? Why is it important? - ✔✔social connections
impact your overall health and well-being but they require time and effort. Requires
opening up and actively listening. Relationships don't last forever, but it doesn't mean it
didn't serve its purpose
✔✔Developing Social Membership at University - ✔✔Interests or hobbies?
- join a club
What cause is important to you?
- volunteer
what sorts of personalities are you naturally comfortable around?
- reach out
✔✔What is loneliness? - ✔✔Lonely is when your social needs are not being met or you
feel a lack of social connectedness
can happen especially during losses or transitions
