Health Triangle
The side of the health triangle that deals with thoughts, feelings, and how you cope with stress.
What is mental/emotional health?
These individuals are your equals in age and have a major impact on your daily choices.
What are peers?
The "S" in the STOP model for making choices.
What is slow down?
Getting a concussion because you crashed your bike and weren't wearing a helmet is an example of poor health in this side of the health triangle.
What is physical health?
The side of the health triangle that deals with how well your body functions and includes sleep, exercise, and nutrition.
What is physical health?
This type of influence includes customs, beliefs, and behaviors shared by a family or group of people.
What is family/culture?
The "T" in the STOP model for making choices
What is think?
An advertisement for Skyzone is an example of this type of external influence.
What is media/technology?
The side of the health triangle that deals with relationships, communication, and respect.
What is social health?
TVs, smartphones, social media, and video games represent this type of external influence.
What is media/technology?
The "P" in the STOP model for making decisions.
What is proceed?
Screaming at a friend in anger is an example of someone struggling with this type of health.
What is mental/emotional, and/or social?
True or False? When you have excellent physical health, you are automatically considered healthy.
What is False? You could be mentally or socially unhealthy.
This type of influence comes from within a person and includes values, and beliefs.
What is internal influence?
Along with physical, mental/emotional, and social health, this should be considered when making a choice.
What is the future impact?
True or False? An injury to your body can have a negative impact on your mental health.
What is true?
This term is used to describe a state of "well-being" or total health, by having all 3 sides of the triangle balanced.
What is wellness?
This internal influence deals with how someone views social norms or what everyone else is doing.
What are perceptions?
The "O" in the STOP model for making decisions.
What is outcome?
Wanting to watch a movie is this type of internal influence.
What is a desire or preference?