LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

HEALTH 7
Quarter 3, Week 1
Factors of Good Mental Health

Objectives

After going through this LAS, you are expected to:

Specifically, you are expected to:

1. identify mental and emotional health;

2. draw a heart map of situations describing the factors of good mental health; and
3. value the importance of promoting good mental health through accomplishing a journal.

Lesson

Mental health refers to your ability to process information. It affects on how you think, feel, act,
and deal with life. It is also the ability to function comfortably in society. Emotional health on the
other hand, refers to your ability to express feelings which are based upon the information you have
processed. So, if you are depressed or nervous, for example, this can then cause wrong responses
because those responses are based upon incorrect thoughts. Mental and emotional health work
together, one affects the other.

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 According to (Manitoba, nd) a person with good mental and emotional health often possesses:

1. self-confidence
2. ability to care for others
3. sense of well-being and satisfaction
4. ability to enjoy life, to laugh, and to have fun
5. ability to deal with life’s stresses and to bounce back from difficulty
6. capacity to change, grow, and experience a range of feelings, as life’s situations change
7. participation in life to the fullest extent possible, through meaningful activities and positive
relationships
8. self-care that attends to the needs of the whole person – mind, body, spirit, creativity,
intellectual development, health, and so on
9. sense of balance in own life between solitude (being alone) and sociability, work and play,
sleep and wakefulness, rest and exercise, and so on

Factors Affecting Mental Health

1. Heredity
Refers to the traits acquired from parents to offspring. An example is bipolar disorder,
which in some cases, was found to be a result of genetic defect.

2. Environment
It is the condition of your environment which dictates how you feel and act. The
environment contributes to a depressive disorder which may include death of a loved one,
separation with a partner, and financial problems.
3. Background and Personality
People with certain mental and emotional backgrounds or personality characteristics
appear to be more at risk to depression (extreme sadness).
4. Biochemical Factors
Depression may result from abnormal chemical activity within the brain.
5. Physical Illness
Individuals with recurrent (repeated) illnesses are at high risk of mental illness like
depression. Depression may follow heart attack or stroke.
Medication may also result in depression.

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 Learning Activities

Activity 1: Directions: Identify the different dimensions of health by filling in the missing letters.

P_ _S_C_L

E_V_ _ _ NM_N_ _L E_ _T_ _N_L

M_R_L
M_ _T_L
S_ _R_ _ _ _L

S_C_ _L

This module will focus on your m__ __t__l and e__ __t__ __n__l health.
Activity 2: My Heart Map
Directions: Copy the heart and identify the situations to the correct factors of good mental health
below. Write the letter under each situation inside the heart.

A. Heredity
B. Environment
C.Background and
Personality
D.Biochemical Factors

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 E. Physical Illness

Activity 3: A. Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the letter of your answer.
1. Which of the following does not define mental health? A. You can work productively and fruitfully.
B. You can realize your own potential.
C. You can cope with normal stresses of life.
D. You cannot able to make contribution to your own community.
2. Good mental health starts with the health of your __________.
A. Body C. Relationship with God
B. Mind D. Relationship with others
3. The following are some practices of staying mentally and emotional healthy except
____________.
A. Eating rightC. Thinking negatively
B. Exercising D. Thinking positively
4. Having good mental health best means ______________.
A. Being unable to cope with any type of stressor
B. Being able to cope with daily stressors and work productively
C. Being able to cope with stress without the need of other people D. Being unable to
understand when a stressor is real versus imagined
5. The following are the factors affecting mental health, except _________.
A. Biochemical factors B. Environment C. Fashion D. Heredity

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Activity 4: Word Pool
Directions: Copy and complete the paragraph by supplying the missing words.
Choose your answers from the box below.

balances emotional positive negative

decisions eustress response
distress happy stress

Mental and (1)__________ health play an important role in the overall wellbeing of a person. It deals
with how a person (2)_________ his/her thoughts and feelings to be able to make good
(3)___________ for himself/herself. One concept linked to mental and emotional health is
(4)_________. Contrary to the common misconception that stress is always negative, it is actually
both (5)__________ and (6)_______. Stress is defined as the physical (7)__________ of an
individual’s body to a specific event or situation at a certain period of time. For example, if a person
experiences an unlikely and bad situation, a person may suffer from (8)_______. On the other hand,
when a person feels (9)______ and excited towards a specific experience, she/he may be
experienced (10)________.

Activity 5: My Self-Esteem Journal

Directions: Complete the table below by supplying what is asked in each box.

Monday
Something I did well today…
Today I had fun when…
I felt proud when…
Tuesday

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Today I accomplished…
I had a positive experience with (a
person, place, or thing)…

Something I did for someone...

Wednesday
I felt good about myself when…
I was proud of someone else...
Today was interesting because…
Thursday
I felt proud when…
A positive thing I witnessed…
Today I accomplished…
Friday
Something I did well today…
I had a positive experience with (a
person, place, or thing)…

I was proud of someone when…

Saturday
Today I had fun when….
Something I did for someone…
I felt good about myself when…
Sunday
A positive thing I witnessed…
Today was interesting because…
I felt proud when…

Reflection

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Directions: Complete the 3-2-1 Chart about your discoveries in finding the arts of the Neoclassical
and Romantic periods. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Answer Key

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 ACTI ACTIVITY 3
VITY 1
ACTIVITY 2 1.EMOTIONAL
(MISSING
LETTER) HEART MAP 2.BALANCES
PHYSICAL
3. DECISIONS
MENTAL
4.STRESS
EMOTIONAL
MORAL 5. POSITIVE
SPIRITUAL ACITIVITY 3
6. NEGATIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL (MULTIPLE CHOICE)
7. RESPONSE
SOCIAL
. 11. D. 8. DISTRESS
12. C.
13. D. 9. HAPPY
14. D.
15. D. 10. EUSTRESS

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 References

Lacia, Gerardo, et. al., The 21st Century MAPEH in Action, Worktext in Music, Arts,
Physical Education, and Heath 7, REX Publishing, Quezon City

Lagyap, Cloyd, et. al. Physical Education and Health Grade 7Learners Material First Edition,
2017

Learning Modulefor Health 7

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