Defining Health: A Multidimensional Model*

Eberst, Richard M.

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.1984.tb08780.x

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“…Health involves much more than physical fitness and absence of disease; it includes the mental and emotional aspects of knowing and feeling; the social dimension that comes through human interaction; the vocational domain; and, at the heart, or, very essence of being, the spiritual dimension. It is the spiritual dimension which seems to have greatest impact on overall personal health [47].…”

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The Four Domains Model: Connecting Spirituality, Health and Well-Being

2011

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At our core, or coeur, we humans are spiritual beings. Spirituality can be viewed in a variety of ways from a traditional understanding of spirituality as an expression of religiosity, in search of the sacred, through to a humanistic view of spirituality devoid of religion. Health is also multi-faceted, with increasing evidence reporting the relationship of spirituality with physical, mental, emotional, social and vocational well-being. This paper presents spiritual health as a, if not THE, fundamental dimension of people"s overall health and well-being, permeating and integrating all the other dimensions of health. Spiritual health is a dynamic state of being, reflected in the quality of relationships that people have in up to four domains of spiritual well-being: Personal domain where a person intra-relates with self; Communal domain, with in-depth inter-personal relationships; Environmental domain, connecting with nature; Transcendental domain, relating to some-thing or some-One beyond the human level. The Four Domains Model of Spiritual Health and Well-Being embraces all extant world-views from the ardently religious to the atheistic rationalist.

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Section: Dimensions Of Healthmentioning

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2011

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“…In line with that, such researchers certainly agree that rather than representing a single entity (e.g. absence of illness), health refers to a number of entities and therefore, is a multidimensional concept (Parsons, 1958;Baumann, 1961;Dolfman, 1974;Natapoff, 1978;Balog, 1978Balog, , 1981Kalnins & Love, 1982;Eberst, 1984;Laffrey, 1986).…”

Section: The Search For a Universally Valid Concept Of Healthmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Although theorists show considerable disagreement as to which and how many components the concept of health actually has, there are some areas of consensus. For instance, most of the researchers would certainly agree that health is a multidimensional construct, and that a universally valid concept of health is unattainable (Parsons, 1958;Baumann, 1961;Dolfman, 1974;Natapoff, 1978;Kalnins & Love, 1982;Eberst, 1984;Laffrey, 1986). The lack of a universally accepted concept of health, however, has in no way impeded the research in this area.…”

Section: The Search For a Universally Valid Concept Of Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some studies have attempted to describe how children, adolescents and adults define the meaning of illness. Studies with children and adolescents were predominantly targeted at identifying qualitative differences in illness concepts as a function of age and of other predictor variables (Apple, 1960;Campbell, 1975;Natapoff, 1978;Millstein, Adler & Irwin, 1981;Redpath and Rogers;1984;Millstein & Irwin, 1987;Boruchovitch, Felix-Sousa, & Schall, 1991;Boruchovitch, 1993;Boruchovitch & Mednick, 1997).…”

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The meaning of health and illness: some considerations for health psychology

Boruchovitch¹,

Mednick²

2002

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The importance of understanding individuals' ideas of health and illness is well acknowledged by research for its theoretical and practical implications for both health psychology and education. Insofar as researchers agree that individuals' ideas of health and illness have an impact on their health attitudes and behaviour, people's thoughts of health and health and illness − related issues are increasingly being investigated. In consonance, the objective of this study is to critically review major ideas that underlies individuals' concepts of health and illness. Findings are discussed in terms of their potential contributions for health psychology. Keywords: Concept of health; Concept of illness; Health psychology.O significado de saúde e doença: algumas considerações para a psicologia da saúde Resumo A importância de se conhecerem os conceitos de saúde e da doença dos indivíduos vem sendo reconhecida pelos pesquisadores da área pelas suas implicações teóricas e práticas para a psicologia da saúde e da educação. Como as evidências vêm sugerindo que as cognições relativas à saúde e doença exercem um impacto nas atitudes ligadas à saúde e no engajamento em comportamentos saudáveis das pessoas, esses conceitos estão sendo cada vez mais investigados. Em consonância, o objetivo deste trabalho é rever criticamente a literatura a respeito dos fatores subjacentes às concepções de saúde e doença dos indivíduos. Os dados são discutidos quanto a suas potenciais implicações para a psicologia da saúde. Palavras-chave: Conceito de saúde; Conceito de doença; Psicologia da saúde.

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“…Spiritual health has been difficult to define because it is thought to have no clear structure, parameters, or measurable components (Eberst, 1984).…”

Section: Spirituality Definition and Frameworkmentioning

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The relationship of spirituality and the health promoting behaviors of diet and exercise of African American women

Chester¹

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Defining Health: A Multidimensional Model*

Cited by 74 publications

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The Four Domains Model: Connecting Spirituality, Health and Well-Being

The Four Domains Model: Connecting Spirituality, Health and Well-Being

The meaning of health and illness: some considerations for health psychology

The relationship of spirituality and the health promoting behaviors of diet and exercise of African American women

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