Wellness Chapter 2: Building Health Skills and Character

The ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live

• goal
• advocacy
• character
• values

A goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time

• long-term goal
• role model
• goal
• short-term goal

A goal that you can reach in a short period of time

• role model
• short-term goal
• character
• long-term goal

Someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for others.

• values
• character
• role model
• goal

The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people

• goal
• long-term goal
• interpersonal communications
• stress management

Communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthful, or that go against your values.

• role model
• values
• health skills
• refusal skills

Steps that enable you to make a healthful decision

• refusal skills
• decision-making skills
• action plan
• character

Taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief

• character
• goal
• values
• advocacy

Ways to deal with or overcome the negative effects of stress

• decision-making skills
• role model
• interpersonal communications
• stress management

The process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving

• conflict resolution
• character
• long-term goal
• role model