PSYC 3600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Health Literacy, Asian Americans
7 Feb 2016
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Goodness of fit: btwn individual and social environment defined by: similarities btwn. the individuals and the social environment, the individual"s needs and the environment"s resources, the agreement of environmental features and individual preferences has been linked to well-being. Snowden(2005) wrote of population thinking , or consideration of given groups of people, how well they do in their environment, and the variables affecting that status. Poverty placed communities at risk, but there have been poor communities where residents do well. Poverty was not what brings about the higher risks; it was the poverty made this positive orientation harder to maintain. Bolland, lian, and formichella (2005) found that it was not poverty per se that predicted the hopelessness in inner city youth but: And sense of community, warmth toward mother and religiosity (social connectedness) Treat the social dirsuptions, intervene in hopelessness, and.
