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HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
About Six Dimensions of Wellness Model
(1) Physical
The first dimension, physical well-being, is reflected in how well the body performs its intended functions. Absence of disease although an important influence—is not the sole criterion for health. The physical domain is influenced by your genetic inheritance, nutritional status, fitness level, body composition, and immune status, to name just a few factors.
The first dimension, physical well-being, is reflected in how well the body performs its intended functions. Absence of disease although an important influence—is not the sole criterion for health. The physical domain is influenced by your genetic inheritance, nutritional status, fitness level, body composition, and immune status, to name just a few factors.
(2) Intellectual
Intellectual well-being is the ability to process information effectively. It involves the capability to use information in a rational way to solve problems and grow. This dimension includes issues such as creativity, spontaneity, and openness to new ways of viewing situations. To maintain a high level of intellectual wellbeing, you must seek knowledge and learn from your experiences. Ideally, your college experiences will have added to your intellectual well-being.
(3) Emotional
Emotional well-being means being in touch with your feelings, having the ability to express them, and being able to control them when necessary. Optimal functioning involves the understanding that emotions are the mirror of the soul. Emotions help us get in touch with what is important in our lives. Our emotions make us feel alive and provide us with a richness of experience that is uniquely human.
Emotional well-being means being in touch with your feelings, having the ability to express them, and being able to control them when necessary. Optimal functioning involves the understanding that emotions are the mirror of the soul. Emotions help us get in touch with what is important in our lives. Our emotions make us feel alive and provide us with a richness of experience that is uniquely human.
Social well-being involves being connected to others through various types of relationships. Individuals who function optimally in this domain are able to form friendships, have intimate relationships, give and receive love and affection, and accept others unconditionally. They are able to give of themselves and share in the Joys and sorrows of being part of a community. This community includes both formal and informal networks. Formal networks include organizations such as churches, professional organizations, fraternities, sororities, and campus groups requiring official membership, dues, and standards. Informal networks, such as an intramural sports team, do not have rigid rules for membership. In a sense, your social networks are a major part of your environment.
(5) Spiritual
Spirituality is a belief in or relationship with some higher power, creative force, divine being, or infinite source of energy (Fowle; 1986). This belief is manifested in a sense of interconnectedness, a feeling that somehow, some way, we are all in this together. For people whose spirituality is religion- based, it is ecumenical in scope. It is part of but transcends individual religions. Those whose spirituality is religion based believe in a supreme being or higher supernatural force and subscribe to a formalized code of conduct. For individuals whose spirituality is secular, it is universal or even extraterrestrial. In a secular sense, spirituality could manifest itself through connection to something greater than oneself. Whether it is being part of a community, working to save the environment, helping to feed the needy, or being committed to world peace, the underlying feeling is a perception of life as having meaning beyond the self (Richards & Bergin, 1997).
(6) Environmental
Environmental well-being involves high-level functioning on two levels. The most immediate environment, the micro-environment, consists of your school, home, neighborhood, and work site. The people with whom you interact in those places link the environment to the social aspects of your health. This environment greatly affects your overall health and personal safety by influencing whether you are at risk for and fear issues such as theft, crime, and violence. The quality of air and water, noise pollution, crowding, and other issues that affect your stress level are also included. Your social support system is also part of this environment. The macro-environment, the level of wellbeing at a larger level—state, country, and the world at large also affects wellness.
Environmental well-being involves high-level functioning on two levels. The most immediate environment, the micro-environment, consists of your school, home, neighborhood, and work site. The people with whom you interact in those places link the environment to the social aspects of your health. This environment greatly affects your overall health and personal safety by influencing whether you are at risk for and fear issues such as theft, crime, and violence. The quality of air and water, noise pollution, crowding, and other issues that affect your stress level are also included. Your social support system is also part of this environment. The macro-environment, the level of wellbeing at a larger level—state, country, and the world at large also affects wellness.
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