Wellness Study Guide Unit 2

What percentage of people would prefer to alter their diet to improve their health instead of taking medications?

66% of people.

90% of people feel regular physical activity is a good idea....but only_____of them doing ?

1/3

What percentage of adults feel "great stress" at least 1 day/week and would like to reduce stress?

2/3

Why is there resistance to change?

*Change is disruptive
*Change is stressful
*Change requires effort

Some of the reasons people resist change?

*Concerns about personal implications
-I do not look good in spandex
*Inadequate/inaccurate information
-I don't have a problem that needs to change
*It is someone else's fault that i'm like this
-I am an alcoholic because it run in my family
*It is too l

Prochaska's Transtheoretical Model?

this models is based on lifestyle and health related changes
-The stages of change?
*Precontemplation (I don't want to change)
*Contemplation (I am thinking about change)
*Preparation (i am getting ready to make a lifestyle change)
*Action (I have made so

Fear of failure or past failure is a?

barrier of change

Lapse?

is temporary and does not produce significant adverse effects (jonas, 2000). An example of a lapse might be "jim" having a goal to exercise three times per week (for 30 minutes per session) but he only exercises two times during a particular week. another

Relapse ?

is longer than temporary and produces significant adverse effects ( jonas, 2000). once the maintenance stage is reached, relapse is likely to occur. However, it is possible. If jim, discussed above, has a goal to exercise three times per week, but only ex

Lapse vs. Relapse?

Generally speaking, if one has been practicing a healthy behavior for a longer period of time (years), he or she is allowed more "leeway" before a noncompliance is considered a relapse, rather than a simple lapse. For example, If I've been exercising four

Permanent Maintenance?

When an individual has reached the permanent stage of a behavior, the behavior itself is reinforcing and the person is intrinsically motivated to continue the healthy behavior
(brushing teeth)
**Although a person may experience a lapse if in the permanent

According to the US department of health and human services (2006), there are numerous factors that increase the risk of Non-Compliance with exercise?

1.inconvenient time (aerobics class begins before you get off work.
2.Safety (you are concerned about exercising out of doors in your neighborhood).
3.Cost ( the health club monthly dues are too expensive)
4.increase exercise intensity ( the client tries

What is our job as therapist?

our job is to help our client identify and address her or his unique barriers to exercise adherence.
*permanent maintenance is the goal

What are the 4 sets of factors that can facilitate change?

*personal
*predisposing
*enabling
*reinforcing

Reinforcing factors consist of?

*success
*family support
*peer support
*support of health professionals

Enabling factors consist of ?

*goal setting
*self-assessment
*self-planning skills
*self-monitoring
*performance skills
*coping skills
*consume skills
*time management

Predisposing factors consist of?

am I able?
*self-confidence
*self-efficacy
*safe environment
*access
Is it worth it?
*self-motivation
*enjoyment
*balanced attitudes
*beliefs
*knowledge

Personal Factors consist of ?

*age= research indicates that females are likely than men to seek medical care and screening
*gender
*heredity= your economic status may affect your ability to have access to healthcare or wellness
*current health fitness

Personal Factors?

*age
- research indicates that females are likely than men to seek medical care and screening
*heredity
- your economic status may affect your ability to have access to healthcare or wellness interventions ( health disparities)
*Fitness level
- how confid

What are the Motivations for Change and Adherence ?

*Self-Esteem
*Cognitive Evaluation
* Perceived importance/Motivation
*Goal Setting

Self-Esteem ?

*Index of Emotional Adjustment
*Mediator of behavior
*Complex arrangement; general to specific
*Structure in college students
*Structure in people above the age of 55 years
*Mediated by importance
*Discounting
*Practical applications

What are the practical applications of what Dr. Chase just discussed regarding self-esteem?

1. Find out what is important to your client.
How can you do this without directly asking them what is important to them? your ability to learn about them will establish a rapport and set them up for success.
*What do they talk about ?
*What are their hob

Cognitive Evaluation?

*considers how people think about a situation, how people are motivated by a situation
*Locus of control intrinsic vs. extrinsic

Intrinsic locus?

means you are doing it for yourself. the motivation is coming from within. The most long lasting change is going to happen when it comes from inside you. You are not changing because someone else wants you to or because you will get some sort of external

Extrinsic locus?

It is only temporary. If you take the reward away the behavior stops.

How do we keep patients/clients motivated for the long-term/for life?

The answer is intrinsic motivation

How do we get intrinsic motivation?

research indicates that when someone is attempting something new (change) they need feedback that provides some level of success and thus perceived competence. If the feedback is informational, teaching the person about themselves and how to improve, they

Equations for extrinsic and intrinsic motivations?

*try+succeed=competence=intrinsic motivation
*try+positive reinforcement=self reward system=intrinsic motivation
*try+negative reinforcement=dependence outside source= extrinsic motivation
*try+fall=quit=extrinsic motivation

Perceived importance/Motivation?

*success is necessary
*must provide optimum challenge
*reward must feel earned
*person must feel that if they give effort
*facilitate their skill via mastery attempts
*help them build a self-reward system so they will know when they are successful

Goal setting; Goals Should?

*be optimal challenge
*be specific and measurable
*be attainable
*be realistic
*allow for success

One way to keep your patients motivated ?

is to used the factors discussed in lesson 2 ( personal, predisposing, enabling, reinforcing). additionally we need to be aware of:
*Solomon's Opponent Process
*Fear failure
*Fear of Success

3 keys to instill in yourself and your patient/client:?

1. choose something they (you) like
2. a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of nothing.
3. Teach them (you) to say, "Hey, at least I am out there!

Self Reflection?

*What does the information contained in unit 2 mean to you:
*Personally?
*Professionally?