Health Psychology +=
Key Concepts Health Psychology Health Psychology: health is the influence of both our physiology (diet/exercise) and psychology (stress/social support). Lifestyle Lifestyle: the patterns of our everyday decisions which characterize our behavior. Stress Stress: personal response to events that threaten to disrupt our daily behaviors.
General Adaptation Syndrome Alarm Resistance Exhaustion COGNITIVE APPRAISAL
Autonomic Nervous System Sympathetic Fight or Flight Eyes open Wide Mouth Goes Dry Hr Increase Start to Sweat Parasympathetic Maintenance & Refuel Eyes constrict Mouth Waters Digestion Blood away from muscles
Relationship between Stress & Health Level of stress (Holmes & Rahe, 1967) Length of the stressor (Cohen et al., 1998) p. 498
Stress Buffers Social Support Optimism vs. Pessimism Exercise p. 503
Coping Strategies Optimists Problem-focused Suppress competing activities Look for social support Pessimists Denial/ Distancing Disengage from goal Focus on their feelings p. 503
Yerkes-Dodson law
Strategies for Health Education Health Belief Model (Becker, 1974) PRECEDE Model (Green, 1984) Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, 1977) Stages of Change (Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983) Elder, Apodaca, Parra-Medina, &DeNuncio (1998)
Overlapping Ideas Strong positive intention to change. Min of barriers. Posses the skills. “Believe” in the intervention Perceive the behavior as normal. Consistent with self- schema. “Feel” good about the behavior. Receive reinforcement from your environment.
Health Belief Model 1. Perceived threat 2. Belief a behavior will alleviate stress
Influence of Social Factors Individualistic Perspective Religion Cultural/Social Isolation –SES –acculturation
Risk Factors & Wellness Risk Factors Smoking Diet Exercise Alcohol Interventions Social Support Contingency Contracts Extinction Drug therapy Problems Cardiovascular Cancer Overweight Korsokov’s Risky Behaviors
Prevention Primary Prevention: reduce the occurrence of the illness. –Gain Framing Secondary Prevention: decrease the severity of the illness. Importance of early detection. –Loss Framing