Implicit Frames (IFs) is the new health psychological theory of health and wellness. Throughout the U.S. individual patterns of adapting to health, illness, and disease are being shaped by an emergent system of patterns underlying health behavior. These patterns are implicit within adults as they grow, learn, and evolve, and are evidence of an implicit structure underlying the organization of goal-directed health related actions which appear to constrain how individuals adapt to health issues and the health care system. IFs has a real and powerful role in determining who exercises and who does not, who engages in wellness practices and who does not, and which individuals suffer the most from ill health. IFs effects on bodily form and function are clearly visible when individuals are sorted by their diagnosed IFs. IFs identifies differences in robust health and frailty, healthy and unhealthy weight, and levels of emotional and cognitive balance. The reason for these effects is simple to understand once the reality of IFs is understood and seen.
In this blog, I will make the case that a proposed system of IFs is the foundation of a new health psychology of both health and illness. I predict that it won’t be long before health professionals, practitioners, therapists throughout the US and internationally will be wondering why they didn’t see this all along! As this blog progresses, the foundations and effects of IFs on adaptive patterns to health and wellness will be explored and revealed, and used to address a range of health conditions, diseases, and patterns of optimal health. Please join me!
Tags: adaptive flexability, disease, exercise, health, health psychology, illness, implicit learning, wellness
