The bio psychosocial model consider health and illness behaviors as products of biological characteristics, lifecycle forces and socio cultural conditions factors that influence the development of the human being. Hence, this paper aims to provide an in depth discussion of role of bio psychosocial forces that shape the development by incorporating an interview of the relative ( focus group).
Interview:
Me: hi ! I would like to interview you regarding bio-psychosocial factors that shaped your life? You must have experienced both positive and negative experience throughout your life.
Interviewee: Yes! I have experienced various life experience which are shaped by bio-psychosocial factors?
Me: yes! Tell me about the possible biological factor that shaped your development?
Interviewee: I think genetic factors since I was not previously diabetic. At the age of 45, I was diagnosed with diabetes type two that restricted my lifestyle
Me: Now! Tell me about the possible sociocultural factors that shaped your development?
Interviewee: I think US culture. I am American who grow up in US culture. Consequently, I have developed sense of individuality and strong self-image which helped me to interact with the surroundings.
Me: lovely! Tell me about the possible psychological factors that shaped your development?
Interviewee: I feel I am very impulsive and sometimes low confidence which effects my decision making. However, I feel I have excellent memory, attention span and IQ that facilitate his success in his career.
Me: that is fine. Everyone have such trait that impact their development just like yours. Now tell me about Life Cycle Forces that shaped your life.
Interviewee: there are many incidents that impacted my development. I am sharing most crucial one. One of the most life changing incident was death of my mother since I was close to my mother. I had to experience a loss of appetite, low mood and limited communication. It took 8 months to get over it.
Me: thank you for sharing your experiences. It is valuable for my research and career.
Systems Thinking
This section of the essay will cover the bio-psychosocial forces that contributed to the development of the participant. I got an opportunity to involve in the interview regarding the role of bio-psychosocial factors in shaping individuals. The interviewee is Mr X who is 60 years of old man and father of mine. He is currently a retired person who mostly involves in the reading books and has enough experience of seeing life in a range of perspective
Biological Forces:
The interview highlighted that the genetic factors influenced the development of disease since Mr X was not previously diabetic. However, at the age of 45, he diagnosed with diabetes type two. As discussed by Glymour and Spiegelman (2017), genes are a major player in the development of genetic disease as observed in the case of Mr X where HLA-DQA1 might be the reason behind shaping development.
Sociocultural Forces
Villegas-Palacio et al. (2016), suggested that sociocultural forces play a crucial role in shaping the cultural and personal development of individuals. The interview highlighted that Mr X is American who grows up in US culture. Consequently, he has a sense of individuality and strong self-image which positively impacted his development and future interactions with the surroundings.
Psychological Forces
Kail (2017), suggested that psychological forces such as emotional characteristics, perceptual factors; cognitive abilities mostly impacted the personality development of the individuals. The interview highlighted that Mr X is impulsive and sometimes low confidence which negatively impacted much decision. However, since he has an excellent memory, attention span and IQ that facilitate his success in his career.
Life Cycle Forces
Kail (2017), while bio-psychosocial factors play a crucial role in development, life events also shape the quality of life. The interview highlighted that Mr X experienced a constant period of low mood, loss of appetite, limited communication after the sudden death of his mother since he was close to his mother which impacted his development.
Summary and Conclusions
Thus on a concluding note, bio-psychosocial factors are major contributor behind the development of individuals. In this case, in order to alter the developmental trait, the alteration of these factors are required. The interview highlighted that certain factors influence the development that includes genetic factors, growing up in American culture, impulse and high IQ and death of his mother.
References
Glymour, M. M., & Spiegelman, D. (2017). Evaluating public health interventions: 5. Causal inference in public health research—do sex, race, and biological factors cause health outcomes?. American journal of public health, 107(1), 81-85. https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44584/1/Brandenburg_2017.pdf
Kail, R. V. (2017). Essentials of human development: A life-span view (2nd Ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning
Villegas-Palacio, C., Berrouet, L., López, C., Ruiz, A., & Upegui, A. (2016). Lessons from the integrated valuation of ecosystem services in a developing country: Three case studies on ecological, socio-cultural and economic valuation. Ecosystem services, 22, 297-308.
