Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioural processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It gives alternative approaches (both individualistic and collective) to understanding social psychology. These approaches can involve social policy, rehabilitation (individualistic) and community programmes (collective). Variants of health psychology are categorised as clinical, public, communal, organizational, and critical. As a university student, I am …show more content…
They are preventable risk factors found in one's living and working conditions rather than individual health risk factors. Social arrangements can affect people physically and psychologically which then manifests itself in poor health. Throughout my teenage years, I lived in Mangere, Auckland, which is a low docile and poor community. Living in a poor community can affect an individual’s progress in doing well in life. The low docile and poor communities are limited through means of predisposition by an aristocracy society. For example, poor communities have more liquor stores and unhealthy food franchises than any other community throughout New Zealand (statically 7 to 1). Although, this is not an individual matter, it does influence and introduce an individual to alcoholism and unhealthy eating decisions which can have consequences for the individual, families, and