Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Lecture
Seminar

Module Offerings

5503HASS-SEP-PAR

Aims

The module will provide an introduction to health psychology, evaluating the contributions of both traditional and the emerging critical approaches to key areas within this field of psychology. It will develop students’ knowledge of Health Psychology, enabling students to understand, discuss and critically evaluate the research, both within the wider framework of psychological theory and in terms of the practical implications for health.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:This module explores the psychological correlates of health and illness within a social context. Topics covered include the development of health psychology as a discipline, prediction of health-related behaviours, psychophysiological mechanisms of health and illness, the experience of treatment and the psychosocial impact of chronic disease. 1. Lifestyle factors contributing to health and wellbeing. 2. Psychosocial determinants of health behaviour and relevant models (e.g. Health Belief Model, Theory of Planned Behaviour/Reasoned Action, Stages of Change Model). 3. Patient-practitioner communication and patient adherence. 4. The psychophysiology of stress and arousal: Models of stress and coping, individual differences in vulnerability to stress, stress and health. 5. Chronic and acute pain: Pain theory and the management of chronic pain. 6. The role of psychology throughout the course of chronic illness.
Additional Information:None

Assessments

Presentation
Test