Health Psychology

Students will get acquainted with theories and research methods common in the field of health psychology. Topics that are addressed centre around three themes:

• predicting and changing health behaviour;
• coping with stress and illness;
• mental health.
  During the course, students work in small groups on a research assignment including quantitative data collection by means of a questionnaire, statistical analysis with SPSS, and scientific writing.

After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:

• comprehend the field of health psychology, its merits and limitations;
• reproduce and apply basic concepts and theories to understand (and change) health and illness behaviour;
• collect and analyse quantitative data concerning (determinants of) health behaviour;
• write a proper scientific research report.

Assumed Knowledge:
MCB10806 Introduction to Social Psychology and YRM10306 Research Methods in the Social Sciences