Teen Health Course 3

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Chapter 3 Mental andEmotional Health
Lesson 1 Your 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

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The way you feel about yourself

• self-esteem

The ability to bounce back from disappointment

• resilience

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• 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.

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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

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Mental and Emotional Health

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

adapt Adjust to new situations
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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.

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What Makes You Who Your Are?
Personality
Who You Are
Self-Concept
personality The unique combination of feelings,
thoughts, and behaviors that make you different
from everyone else
self-concept The view you have of yourself
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Your Personality

• Your personality affects how you handle problems
  and new situations.
• Different people react in different ways to the
  same situation.

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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.

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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
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Self-Esteem

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

resilience The ability to bounce back from
disappointment
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Self-Esteem
Building Self-Esteem
List your strengths.
Remember that everyonemakes mistakes.
Motivate yourself.
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What I Learned
Vocabulary Define self-esteem. Use the term in
an original sentence.
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Lesson 1 Review
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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Lesson 1 Review
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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Chapter 3 Mental andEmotional Health
Lesson 1 Your Mental andEmotional Health
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