Mod 4 (Sec 2) Flashcards
1
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Connectedness
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- a personal sense of belonging
- important to well-being
2
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Other People
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- can include friends, family, peers, colleagues…
2
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Types of Connection
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- Other People
- The Natural World
- Meaningful Values
- Meaningful Work
- Culture & Heritage
3
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The Natural World
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- refers to all animals, plants and other things existing in nature
- can include gardening, hiking, sightseeing
4
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Meaningful Values
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- faith-based activities, activities that reflect importance w/ family/personal values
4
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Meaningful Work
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- work, hobbies, volunteering, passion projects
5
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Culture and Heritage
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- celebrating traditions, cultural holidays, relating to peopl or places form past
6
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Importance of social connectedness to young people
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- Adolescents are hypersensitive to social exclusion
- drive for connection takes precedence and influences risk-taking and behaviour
7
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Benefits of Social Connectedness
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- improve quality of life
- boost mental health
- increased life expectancy
- decrease risk of suicide
- build more inclusive learning communities
8
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Forming healthy relationships
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- require time and effort
- requires opening up and actively listening
9
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Loneliness
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- stems from lack or reduced feeling of social connectedness
- can happen to anyone especially during losses or transitions
- can feel lonely even when surrounded by others
10
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Effects of Loneliness
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- increased cortisol
- increased sleep disturbances
- increased risk of heart disease
- challenge immune system
11
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Impact of loneliness of brain
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- 18-22 yr olds are loneliest group
- no heavy correlation between social media and loneliness
11
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Self harm in older adolescents
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- lack of connection can result in withdrawal, ignoring/being ignored, lack of support/approval, feeling of abandonment
- social exclusion, lack of social connectedness, loneliness, substance misuse are contributors to self-harm
12
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Combating loneliness
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- social prescribing; holistic approach to health and mental health with non-clinical community based activities to improve social connectedness
13
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Loneliness
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- sensation that accompanies perception of one’s social needs not being met by quantity or quality of social connectedness
14
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Impacts of isolation
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- Physical
- Emotional
- Cognitive
14
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Social isolation
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- objective measurement of number of people you interact with
- lack of quantity of social connectedness
15
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Physical
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- poorer health and substance abuse, negatively impacting health and increases risk of disease
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Emotional
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- results in reduced confidence, diminished self-worth, despair, depression, self-harm
17
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Cognitive
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- people w/ prolonged isolation may experience shorter attention span or forgetfulness as not see any reason to remain alert
18
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Lily and Social Isolation
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- feels more isolated
- spends most of her time eating in her room and only ventures for classes
- misses family
- gotten several colds
- Gabriel recommends she sees Doctor but to also have meals together to improve social connectedness
