Module Outline |
Module 36: Promoting Wellness |
Module 36 presents how psychology can help promote wellness and healthy lifestyles. The module begins by defining wellness and explaining how exercise, family, friends, and faith influence wellness. |
Positive psychology is defined; how happiness, flow, and optimism can influence well-being is discussed. |
Finally, the module explains how smoking and obesity negate well-being and how one can overcome these illness-related behaviors. |
Introduction | |
Martin Seligman | |
Wellness | |
Healthy Lifestyles | |
Aerobic exercise | |
Social support | |
Faith factor | |
Correlation | |
Positive Experiences and Well-Being | |
Positive psychology | |
Well-being | |
Flow | |
Happiness | |
Optimism | |
Pessimism | |
Explanatory style | |
Overcoming Illness-Related Behaviors | |
Nicotine | |
Addictive | |
Withdrawal | |
Obesity | |
Body mass index | |
Set point |