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Emotional Health: Will I Recognize It When I See It?

Emotional Health: Will I Recognize It When I See It?. John Hjelm, PhD North Park University AAHPERD Convention, 2009 Tampa, Florida. The Concept of Health . Wholeness Whole person Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of year. Franklin P. Adams

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Emotional Health: Will I Recognize It When I See It?

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  1. Emotional Health: Will I Recognize It When I See It? John Hjelm, PhD North Park University AAHPERD Convention, 2009 Tampa, Florida

  2. The Concept of Health • Wholeness • Whole person • Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of year. • Franklin P. Adams • Different dimensions

  3. Health

  4. Emotion ▪A “feeling” ▪Touch? ▪Confusing

  5. Emotions- Etymology • Latin origins • Motere- to move • E- out

  6. Emotions Described • “a felt tendency to move toward something assessed as good or favorable or away from something assessed as bad or unfavorable” • Turner et al, 1992

  7. Emotions Described • “Any strong manifestation or disturbance of the conscious or unconscious mind, typically involuntary and often leading to complex bodily changes and forms of behavior” • Funk & Wagnall’s, 1989

  8. Emotions Described (Goleman, 1995) • Instant plans for action • Impulses to act

  9. Characteristics of Emotions (Walker & Brokaw, 2001) • Physiological internal changes • Heart rate • Adrenaline • Blood pressure • Sweating • Behavioral expressions • Trembling hands, shaky voice • Laughing, crying, cursing, kicking chair

  10. Characteristics of Emotions • Cognitive expressions • Evaluating situational cues • What am I feeling? • Motivational tendencies • Pleasure- move toward something • Anxiety- escape from loss • Anger- fight against perceived loss • Sadness- withdraw after a loss

  11. Hunter, 2004 Anger Sorrow Shame Fear Gladness Goleman, 1995 Anger Sadness Shame Fear Enjoyment Surprise Love Disgust Emotions

  12. Emotional Health • Emotional wholeness • Ability to express emotions comfortably and appropriately • Breuss & Richardson, 1994 • Ability to adjust to change, face challenges and problems, and enjoy life • Floyd et al, 2003

  13. Emotional Health • One’s ability to feel comfortable with self, to relate to other people, cope with disappointments and stress, solve problems, celebrate successes, and make decisions • Page & Page, 2003

  14. Emotional Errors (Ekman, 2003) • We may feel and show the right emotion but at the wrong intensity. • Worry was justified but we overreacted and got terrified. • We may feel the appropriate emotion but show it in the wrong way. • The anger was justified, but the silent treatment was unproductive. • We feel the wrong emotion altogether. • We never should have been afraid.

  15. A Model (Hjelm, 2008)

  16. 1- Attentiveness • Internal • Foundation of emotional health • Goleman, 1995 • Awareness of what you are feeling • Distinguish between emotions • Triggers

  17. 1- Attentiveness • External • Recognition in others • Builds empathy • Fundamental people skill (Goleman, 1995)

  18. 2- Regulation/Self-control • Having vs. indulging emotions • Hunter, 2004 • Emotions lead toward action • Goal: act without harming ourselves or others

  19. 2- Regulation/Self-control • Learn to interrupt triggers • Triggers cause a predictable emotional response • Examples of Triggers

  20. 2- Regulation/Self control • Emotional energy • Empowering

  21. 3- Utilization • When you are emotionally healthy you are “able to handle emotions in a way that improves your personal power and improves the quality of life around you.” • Steiner, 1997

  22. 3- Utilization • Interactivity • Emotions can “rub off” on another.

  23. Assessing Emotional Health

  24. Wellness Workbook (Travis & Ryan, 1988) • I am able to feel and express my anger in ways that solve problems, rather than swallow anger or store it up. • I allow myself to experience a full range of emotions and find constructive ways to express them. • I am able to say “no” to people without feeling guilty.

  25. Wellness Workbook (Travis & Ryan, 1988) • I laugh often and easily. • I feel okay about crying and allow myself to do so when appropriate. • I listen to and consider others’ criticisms of me rather than react defensively. • I have at least five close friends.

  26. Wellness Workbook (Travis & Ryan, 1988) • I like myself and look forward to the rest of my life. • I easily express concern, love, and warmth to those I care about. • I can ask for help when needed.

  27. Teaching Emotional Health • Activities • Decision stories (Anspaugh & Ezell, 2001) • Open-ended vignettes • Describe a dilemma • No obvious/easy answer • Role playing

  28. How Do You Feel? • Draw a picture of how you feel today. • Show a classmate who will try to identify the emotion in your picture. • Why is it difficult to identify what others feel? • Brainstorm signals you might notice.

  29. The Bruised Apple (Meeks & Heit 1992) • Bring a bruised apple to class. • People appear to be feeling one way on the outside but inside they may feel differently. • How do people get bruised inside? • How can we recognized feelings on the inside? • How can we deal with bruised feelings?

  30. Where Did I Put Them? • Sally is getting ready for school. She cannot remember where she put her shoes. She looked under the bed, under the chair, and behind the door. Sally begins to cry because she thinks she will be late. • What could have been done to keep Sally from getting upset? What should she do now?

  31. A Nasty Note • Sam was going to the lunchroom when he saw Fred sticking something in Peggy’s locker. Later, Sam sees Peggy crying because she found the note, which made fun of her family. • How does Peggy feel? • What should Sam do to help?

  32. I Dare You • Amy is the pitcher on her softball team. Late in a playoff game she gives up the go-ahead run. • How might Amy feel? • What should Amy do?

  33. Handling Stress • John has invited his friend Alex to play basketball. Alex replies, “I don’t want to play with you anymore.” • How does John feel? • How can John handle his feelings?

  34. Guess My Feeling • Ask children to role-play an emotion & the rest of the class will guess which emotion it is. • Questions • What emotion do you feel often? • Are all emotions desirable?

  35. Appropriate Emotions • Role play the following scenarios • Fails a test • Surprising “A” on a test • Hits a car in the parking lot • Lose your homework • Plays a difficult piece of music with no errors • Others???

  36. Be Happy (Meeks & Heit 1992) • “The three grand essentials to happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.” • Joseph Addision • Happiness involves choice. • Have students give examples for each of the three points. • The three areas provide balance in life.

  37. Be Happy DO HOPE LOVE

  38. Conclusion • Anyone can become angry- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way- this is not easy. • Aristotle, The Nichomachean Ethics

  39. Contact Information • John R. Hjelm • North Park University • Chicago IL 60625 • 773-244-5672 • jhjelm@northpark.edu

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