Several theories are used by social workers to analyze the biological, psychological, and psychosocial condition of clients. Theories used will vary depending on the facet of life being examined. This paper will use the health-wealth connection to analyze Dasani’s biological well-being, Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Piaget’s Cognitive Theory to analyze her psychological well-being, and Social Identity Theory to analyze her psychosocial well-being.
Summary of Health-Wealth Connection
The Health-Wealth Connection refers to the relationship between an individual’s socioeconomic status and their physical well-being (Hutchinson, 2015). In general, those with a lower socioeconomic status will experience a greater number of complications in their physical health than those with a higher socioeconomic status (Hutchinson, 2015). More specifically, individuals with a lower socioeconomic status are more likely to participate in …show more content…
These intelligences include: bodily kinesthetic, linguistic, naturalistic, visual-spatial, musical, mathematical-logical, intrapersonal, and interpersonal (Hutchinson, 2015). Bodily kinesthetic involves the ability to control your body and move it in order to solve problems; linguistic intelligence involves the ability to read, write, speak, and comprehend language; naturalistic intelligence involves an understanding of organic processes; musical intelligence is the ability to identify and replicate rhythms and tunes.(Hutchinson, 2015). Visual-spatial involves estimating the sizes and proximities of different objects within a three dimensional space, while mathematical-logical involves the ability to reason solve numerical problems (Hutchinson, 2015). Intrapersonal and interpersonal determine how well someone understands the emotions of others and the emotions of themselves, respectively (Hutchinson,