Stages of Change
The cycle assessing an individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior
What is "Stages of Change"
Passive, Aggressive, and Assertive
What are "Communication Styles"
Limits and rules we set for ourselves within relationships.
What are personal boundaries
*What types of personal boundaries do we have?
10 bonus points for each boundary (there are 6 )
Short term, can cause impairment of coordination, concentration, and short-term memory. Long term may lead to a lack of energy and motivation. When taken a certain way, can cause similar lung and cancer risks/damage as smoking cigarettes
What is Marijuana
A legal and commonly abused drug in the United States.
What is "Maintenance"
Why maintenance not action?
This is characterized by ignoring the feelings of others, typically in an abrasive way. Often getting what you want in the short-term but often having negative long-term effects.
what is AGGRESSIVE communication
Characterized by avoiding intimacy, unlikely to ask for help, protective of personal information, may seem detached, keep others at a distance to avoid rejection.
What are rigid boundaries
Often not recognized as a 'drug', can lead to heart disease, various cancers, and premature aging.
what is tobacco/nicotine
Maria wonders if all the stuff about how caffeine can hurt your baby is true. She is 5 months pregnant and has been drinking coffee and energy drinks because she is not sleeping well. After one cup of coffee her stomach becomes upset and she saw babies at the hospital who were tiny "due to caffeine". Maria thinks "maybe I should cut down a little".
Name the stage of change.
What is "Contemplation"
why contemplation not preparation?
why not precontemplation?
Standing up for your own needs and wants but still being considerate of others wants and needs.
What is Assertive Communication
**for 100 extra BONUS POINTS name traits of assertive communication**
Characterized by oversharing, difficulty saying no, dependent on opinions of others, accepting of abuse/disrespect, and fear of rejection.
What is a porous boundary
A prescription medication that can be abused. Use often mimics some effects of alcohol.
What are benzodiazepines (Xanax, etc)
Only _____ can rid the body of alcohol
what is TIME
Another term for a "slip up" in the stages of change
What is "relapse/recycle"
An effective strategy for communication where blame is minimized and a person states how they feel and why.
What is an "I Statement"
Things someone holds as most important. They help to determine life priorities, and they influence decision-making.
What are Values
A drug that can cause heart, brain and digestive, reproductive, sleep and breathing problems. Long term and heavy use can lead to certain types of cancer and liver diseases.
What is alcohol
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Number of adults in the U.S. population who meet diagnostic criteria for an alcohol use disorder
What is 14.4 Million (National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2018).
"Slipping up" but returning to making positive changes versus "slipping up" and returning to old patterns.
What is the difference between "lapse and relapse"
Positive consequences, respect, more control
What are advantages of effective communication
**50 bonus points: Can you name more advantages?
Values own opinions, doesn't compromise values, shares personal information appropriately, knows personal wants and needs, Can communicate needs, okay saying "no" and hearing "no"
What is a healthy boundary
A self report test/tool to screen drug use for hazardous use/abuse.
What is the Drug Screening Inventory
A self report test/tool to screen alcohol use for hazardous use/abuse.
What is the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test)