Ch. 1: Changing Personal Behaviors for Optimal Wellness

Question 1

Wellness

Answer 1

Achieving the highest level of health possible in each of several dimensions

Question 2

Physical Fitness

Answer 2

A set of attributes that relate to one’s ability to perform moderate to vigorous levels of physical activity without undue fatigue

Question 3

Wellness Continuum

Answer 3

A spectrum of wellness states from pre-mature death to optimum wellness

Question 4

Physical Wellness

Answer 4

A state of physical health and well-being that includes body size and shape, body functioning, measures of strength and endurance, and resistance to disease

Question 5

Social Wellness

Answer 5

A person’s degree of social connectedness and skills, leading to satisfying interpersonal relationships

Question 6

Intellectual Wellness

Answer 6

The ability to think clearly, reason objectively, analyze, and use brain power to solve problems and meet life’s challenges

Question 7

Emotional Wellness

Answer 7

The ability to control emotions and express them appropriately at the right times; include self-esteem, self-confidence, self-efficacy and other emotional qualities

Question 8

Spiritual Wellness

Answer 8

A feeling of unity or oneness with people and nature and a sense of life’s purpose, meaning, or value; for some, a belief in a supreme being or religion

Question 9

Environmental Wellness

Answer 9

An appreciation of how the external environment can affect oneself, and an understanding of the role one plays in preserving, protecting, and improving it

Question 10

Occupational Wellness

Answer 10

A level of happiness and fulfilment in work, including harmony with personal goals, appreciation from bosses and co-workers, and a safe workplace

Question 11

Financial Wellness

Answer 11

The ability to balance and manage financial needs and wants with income, debts, savings, and investments

Question 12

Sedentary

Answer 12

Physically inactive; exerting physical effort only for required daily tasks and not for leisure-time exercise

Question 13

Behavior Change

Answer 13

An organized, deliberate effort to alter or replace an existing habit or pattern of activity

Question 14

Stages of Behavior Change

Answer 14

From the transtheoretical model, a set of states most people pass through in their awareness of, determination to alter, and efforts to replace existing habits or actions

Question 15

Motivation

Answer 15

One’s inducement to do something such as change a current behavior

Question 16

Self-efficacy

Answer 16

The degree to which one believes in his or her ability to achieve something

Question 17

Locus of Control

Answer 17

Belief that control over life events and changes comes primarily from outside of oneself (external locus of control) or from within (internal locus of control)

Question 18

Target Behavior

Answer 18

One well-defined habit chosen as a primary focus for change

Question 19

Barriers to Change

Answer 19

Stumbling blocks faced in the efforts to alter a current behavior

Question 20

Behavior Change Contract

Answer 20

A formal document that clarifies the goals and steps needed to change a current habit or habit pattern

Question 21

Countering

Answer 21

Substituting a desired behavior for an undesired behavior

Question 22

Journaling

Answer 22

Keeping a written record of personal experiences, interpretations, and results