Chapter 3. What are My “Risk” Factors?
Published Online: 24 APR 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444310832.ch3
Copyright © 2009 Roxanne Parrott
Book Title
Talking about Health: Why Communication Matters
Additional Information
How to Cite
Parrott, R. (2009) What are My “Risk” Factors?, in Talking about Health: Why Communication Matters, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444310832.ch3
Publication History
- Published Online: 24 APR 2009
- Published Print: 17 APR 2009
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ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405177573
Online ISBN: 9781444310832
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- facing competing choices linked to living our lives and balancing risks;
- “What are my ‘risk’ factors?”;
- our response to reward cues;
- our response to punishment cues - worrisome, fearful and anxiety provoking;
- How We View Novelty - avoiding being “bored to death” by seeking novelty;
- when one procrastinates - know that “putting it off ” is a decision with health effects, too;
- what has God to do with it - considering how the ways faith defines rewards and punishments linking to health;
- talk about health - taking the fun out of life;
- responding to talk about health with overall identities and resisting things which seem to be at odds with how we see ourselves
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Our Response to Reward Cues
Our Response to Punishment Cues
How We View Novelty
When We Procrastinate
What God Has to Do with It
Summing It Up …