Psychosocial Health & Sexual Health Flashcards
What is Self-Concept?
One’s overall view of oneself
Forms from:
Physical appearance / sexual performance
Intellectual abilities / workplace success
Friendships / approval from others
Problem-solving & coping abilities / unique skills & talents
What affects our self-concept?
Gender (mostly influenced by role expectations rather than difference in ability; societal contexts)
Developmental level
Family relationships
Peer relationships; +/- effects
Illness & hospitalization (can have a depersonalizing effect)
Locus of control (internal vs external; “inner voice” ⇔ feeling as if lack the ability to change/take control)
Components of Self-Concept
* Body image
* Role performance
* Personal identity
* Self-esteem
Components of Self-Concept: Body Image
* Body image is your mental image of your physical self
* Ideal vs. Perceived vs. Actual
* Negative body image has been associated w/
- Depression
- Initiation of smoking amongst adolescents
- Increased risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STI)
- Increased incidence of bullying
Ideal (the way you want to look) vs.
Perceived (what someone sees of me) vs.
Actual (what others actually see)
Nursing dx - Disturbed Body Image
Components of Self-Concept: Role Performance
* Actions one takes and the behaviors demonstrated in fulfilling a role
* Can lead to
- Role strain (mismatch between role expectation & role performance)
- Interpersonal role conflict (when your view of the role/how to do it is different from someone else’s view of how to do things)
- Interrole conflict (2 [or more] competing demands; i.e. school/work)
Nursing dx - Caregiver role strain
Components of Self-Concept: ?
* Your view of yourself as a unique human being - different and separate from all others
- Stays constant/consistent
- Includes gender/identity
- Can be challenged by serious or chronic illnesses
Nursing dx - Disturbed ___
Personal identity
Components of Self-Concept: Self-Esteem
How well a person likes themselves
- Ideal vs. Perceived vs. Actual comes into play
i. e. Chronic low self-esteem; Self-care Deficit
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How well we like ourselves
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How we view ourselves; difference between ideal, perceived, actual
Self-esteem
Self-image (or body image)
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Overall view we have of ourselves
- Body ___
- ___ performance
- Personal ___
- Self-___
Self-concept
image
Role
identity
esteem
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A common emotional response to stress
Ranges from normal to abnormal (consider intensity, duration)
Defense mechanisms (e.g. denial, displacement)
Forms - mild, moderate, severe, panic
Anxiety
Depression
* Unlike sadness, is marked by a sense of “emptiness”
- Lacking energy & motivation
- Withdrawal from society
- Flat affect
* Occurs most of the day, nearly everyday, for at least 2 weeks
* Occurs in all age groups, including young children and older adults
Causative factors ⇒ biochemical reactions; loss; abandonment; emotional detachment; negative thinking; poor family relationships; difficulty w/interpersonal relationships; socioeconomic/political factors
For high-risk clients ⇒ complete suicide risk assessment
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Is a central aspect of being human throughout life and it encompasses sex, gender identity and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction
Sexuality
Concepts related to Sexuality: Gender
* Gender
* Gender roles
* Gender identity
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Is the biological sex status, male or female, that is determined at the moment of conception; XX or XY chromosomes
Gender
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Is the image we have of ourselves as being a man or a woman
* An internal process
e.g. nonbinary, transgender, transsexual, in-transition, intersex, crossdressing
Gender identity
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Are the societal roles for gender-appropriate behavior
Can vary in cultures
Perceptions of males/females
Gender roles
