4.2.2 (8B) - mental wellbeing as a continuum

Question 1

Mental WB continuum

Answer 1

A tool used to track fluctuating mental WB.

Question 2

Internal factors

Answer 2

Factors that arise from within an individual.
- eg. stress response, thought patterns, genetic predisposition.

Question 3

External factors

Answer 3

Factors that arise from an individual’s environment.
- eg. loss of significant relationship, level of education, experiencing difficulty with certain environments, access to support services.

Question 4

Stress

Answer 4

A psychological + physiological experience that occurs when an individual encounters something of significance that demands their attention and/or efforts to cope.

Question 5

Stress - distinguishing factors

Answer 5

Sympathetic NS becomes dominant, response is to known stimulus, distress or eustress, adaptive or maladaptive, fluctuate between high or low levels depending on severity + length.

Question 6

Anxiety

Answer 6

A psychological + physiological response that involves feelings of worry + apprehension about a perceived threat.

Question 7

Anxiety - distinguishing factors

Answer 7

Sympathetic NS becomes dominant, response might be to an unknown stimulus, distress only, adaptive or maladaptive, fluctuates between high or low levels depending on severity + length.

Question 8

Specific phobia

Answer 8

A type of diagnosable anxiety disorder that is categorised by excessive + disproportionate fear when encountering or anticipating the encounter of a particular stimulus.

Question 9

Specific phobia - distinguishing factors

Answer 9

Sympathetic NS becomes dominant, response is to known stimulus, distress only, always maladaptive, associated with low levels of mental WB always.