Health Promoting Behaviors
Health promoting behaviors, including exercise, accident prevention, cancer prevention, healthy diet, and sleep. Each of these important behaviors has been related to at least one major cause of illness and
Category: Health Psychology
Sources of Stress – Individual, Family, Society and Environment
What is Stress? Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension. Lazarus and Launier (1978), regarded stress as a transaction between people and the environment. They described stress in terms
Quality of life and Health Behaviors.
Quality of Life and Health Behavior The World Health Organization (WHO) defines quality of life as ‘a broad ranging concept affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health,
Health Compromising Behaviors – Obesity, Smoking & Drinking.
Health-compromising behaviors are the behaviors practiced by people that undermine or harm their current or future health. It refers as the use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illicit drugs. The effect of
What is Quality of life (QoL)? It’s Definitions, Components, Importance, etc
Definition of Quality of Life(QoL) The World Health Organization (WHO) defines quality of life as ‘a broad ranging concept affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health, psychological
Community Mental Health in India
Definition of Health World Health Organization (WHO) – ‘Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity’. Definition of
Emotional Responses to Chronic Illness
Emotional Responses to Chronic Illness – Denial, Anxiety & Depression Chronic Illness: Healthy people tend to take their health for granted. When a serious illness or injury occurs, their daily
What is Biopsychosocial Model of Health?
Before we understand Biopsychosocial Model of Health, we need to understand The Biomedical Model. The Biomedical Model reduces illness to low-level processes such as disordered cells and chemical imbalances, Fails
What are essential Coping Behaviours?
What is Coping? According to APA dictionary, Coping is the use of cognitive and behavioral strategies to manage the demands of a situation when these are appraised as taxing or
What is Stress? its definitions, nature & types
Introduction of Stress Some 75 per cent of diseases are said to be stress related. For e.g., heart disease, hypertension, gastric ulcers, migraine, ulcerative colitis etc. People are spending lots
What is Health Psychology? Its Definitions, Nature & Aim
“Life span may be as wide as your smile: Th e bigger the smile, the longer the life” What is Health? As per World Health Organisation (WHO), Health as “a