Sick role behaviors occur before a person has seen a health care provider and prior to receiving a diagnosis from that health care provider

What does the book say is the importance of cultivating flow, mindfulness, and hope?

a. They enable you to analyze and overcome your weaknesses. b. They lead to positive subjective experiences: they make you more happy. c. They help you clarify your values and set goals for your life. d. They help you determine your personality traits.

According to research, people who have strong social ties, relative to people who have weaker social ties, are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

A) they are less upset by stressful life events. B) they are more resistant to disease. C) they live longer after being diagnosed with life-threatening diseases. D) they experience more intense emotions.