Chapter 3Mental andEmotional Health
Lesson 1Your Mental 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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