Chapter 3Mental andEmotional Health

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Adjust to new situations adapt

The unique combination of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that make you different from everyone else

personality

The view you have of yourself self-concept

The way you feel about yourself self-esteem

The ability to bounce back from disappointment resilience

In this lesson, you will learn to

recognize traits of good mental and emotional health.

identify factors that influence your self-concept.

develop skills to build your self-esteem.

practice communication skills to improve your mental and emotional health.

Finding the Main Idea

Copy each of the main

headings from the lesson

into your notebook. For

each, write one sentence that

states the main idea.

Major Headings in this Lesson

• Mental and Emotional Health• What Makes You Who You Are?• Your Personality• Your Self-Concept• Self-Esteem• Building Self-Esteem• Understanding and Managing

Your Feelings

Mental and Emotional Health

People who have good mental and emotional health know how to adapt.

adapt Adjust to new situations

Mental and Emotional Health

Mental and Emotional Health Checklist

You accept the fact that situations will not always go the way you plan.

You set and achieve goals.

You understand and cope with your feelings in healthy ways.

You accept constructive criticism.

You express your feelings through your words and creative outlets.

What Makes You Who Your Are?

Personality

Self-Concept

Who You Are

personality The unique combination of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that make you different from everyone else

self-concept The view you have of yourself

Your Personality

Your personality affects how you handle problems and new situations.

Different people react in different ways to the same situation.

Your Self-Concept

A positive self-concept can help you form a view of yourself that allows you to work toward and achieve your goals.

Self-Esteem

When you have a high self-esteem, you have a high degree of confidence in your abilities and you meet challenges with a “can-do” attitude.

self-esteem The way you feel about yourself, and how you value yourself

Self-Esteem

When things go wrong, people with high self-esteem have resilience.

resilience The ability to bounce back from disappointment

Self-Esteem

Building Self-Esteem

List your strengths.

Remember that everyonemakes mistakes.

Motivate yourself.

What I Learned

Vocabulary Define self-esteem. Use the term in an original sentence.

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What I Learned

Recall What are traits of good mental and emotional health?

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What I Learned

Explain How does your personality affect how you handle problems and new situations?

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Thinking Critically

Evaluate Review the traits of good mental and emotional health described at the beginning of the lesson and in Figure 3.1. Which of these traits do you think is the most important and why?

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Thinking Critically

Hypothesize Shawn was hoping to make the gymnastics team but was turned down. Now he feels terrible and has vowed never to do gymnastics again. How can Shawn build his self-esteem?

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