Positive health and flourishing Flashcards
What are the 2 Strategies for helping others engage in health behaviour?
Help people alter the behaviour and prevent people from developing poor habits. It can be done through primary care settings, public health campaigns/ads, un specific settings or social engineering.
What is motivational interviewing?
A collaborative conversation to strengthen a person’s own motivation and commitment to change (shifting the conversation). Helpful for people in the pre contemplation or contemplation stage. Can be successful in getting people to feel autonomous
What conversation strategies can be used?
Elicit “change talk” and talk more about benefits than barriers this help leads to behaviour changes. A conversation that helps people build their own rationale for change. In the conversation make sure you acknowledge that people have good reasons for not changing, dont be dismissive it creates resistance.
What is messaging?
Example messages that are used by governing bodies to help people learn about some of the risks of the things they are behaving in
How do you design effective messages?
Depends on the theory of health behaviour that is used
When are messages more effective?
Colourful and vivid Communicator is reliable-a expert, prestigious, trustworthy, likable, and/or similar to the audience Message is short, clear and direct. State conclusions explicitly Not too extreme
What are the 2 ways to frame a message?
- Loss framing: Emphasizes costs of not doing behaviour
(E.g., if you don’t engage in physical activity you might develop cardiovascular disease) - Gain framing: emphasizes benefits from doing behaviour (E.g., if you engage in physical activity you will keep your heart health and strong)
What are fear appeals?
Assumption that by increasing fear, people will change behaviour to reduce fear. Research evidence: Too much fear will undermine behaviour change Fear alone is not enough (supplement with more information, helping people boost their self efficacy.)
What is social engineering?
Modifying environment in ways that affect ability to practice health behaviour like smoking bans, it is effective but difficult to implement.
What is positive health?
The Scientific study of health assets
What are health assets?
strengths that promote a healthier life
What are some personal health assets?
Physical: High heart rate variability, High levels of HDL (i.e., good cholestrol), Cardiorespiratory fitness
Psychological: Optimism, Purpose in life, Positive emotions, Engagement
What are some behavioural health assets?
Exercise, healthy eating
What are some social health assets?
family, friends, stable marriage
What are some environmental assets?
Meaningful job, community involvement, and green space
What is the research on ill being?
Symptoms of depression related to higher cortisol and cardiovascular risk factors, Trait anxiety related to higher waist-hip ratios, Trait anger related to elevated blood pressure and visceral adipose tissues
What does the emerging research on health and well being say?
Purpose in life related to lower cortisol, lower cardiovascular risk, lower inflammatory markers
Social connectedness related to lower resting blood pressure
Satisfaction with life related to better cardiovascular functioning
Optimism related to positive change in immune functioning after stress, improved survival rates
What is well being?
Optimal psychological functioning
Why might well-being relate to health
Endocrine factors (Positive affect related to lower cortisol and norepinephrine so lower physiological stress and reactivity) Health behaviours (People with higher satisfaction engage in more health behaviours which improve health) Wound healing (Surgical patients heal quicker if higher in life satisfaction)
What is the broaden and build theory?
Broaden our thinking and actions, through creativity, exploration and big picture thinking. Build resources & psychological resilicency
What is the upward spiral model of lifestyle change?
Positive emotions spur new positive health behaviours and increase psychological repertoires for a host of wellness behaviour
- Positive emotions spark non-conscious motives
- Health behaviours create more active, curious, engaged, resilient people
what is post traumatic growth?
Positive psychological change after experiencing adversity. Does not imply that traumatic events are good- they are not. But adversity sometimes happens without our choice
What are 5 types of growth?
- New opportunities (new roles, new people)
- Relationships (greater intimacy and compassion)
- Personal strength (feeling stronger)
- Spiritual change (change in belief system or deepening spirituality)
- Appreciation of life
Is Positive psychology the same as positive thinking?
Thinking happy thoughts wont cure cancer
Problems with some books such as ‘the secret’ (Not based on science) Victim blaming
