Paths to the Person. Community Assignments in Achieving Individual Prevention Goals

TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AT THE SERVICE OF LOVE FOR THE SUFFERING: THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS ( H. E. Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers ) Introduction 1. The Creation of the Dicastery for Health Care Workers 2. The Direction of the Pontifi cal Magisterium as Regards Pastoral Care in Health 3. Pastoral Challenges or Prospects? Conclusion Part I HUMANISTIC OBJECTIVES IN HEALTH PROMOTION Chapter I. EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE RESOURCES ( Iwona Niewiadomska ) 1. Psychological Stress: a Common Risk Factor in Behaviour Disorders 2. Resources: Factors Forming one’s Subjective Resilience to Stress 3. Subjective Principles of Using One’s Resources 4. The Aim of Pro-Health Activities: Increasing One’s Resistance Resources Chapter II. COMPETENT LIFE MANAGEMENT ( Iwona Niewiadomska ) 1. The Essence of Life Management 2. Intentional Behaviours as Infl uenced by the Comprehension of Occurring Events 3. Life Management as Infl uenced by Manageability 4. Undertaking Life Activities as Infl uenced by Meaningfulness 5. The Regulatory Function of Coherence of Experiences (the Sense of Coherence) Chapter III. AFFIRMATION OF EXISTENCE ( Joanna Chwaszcz ) 1. The Vocation of the Human Being to Love Life 2. Formation of a Positive Attitude towards Life 3. Factors Threatening the Affi rmation of Existence Conclusion