2024
Psychology of Health
Name: Psychology of Health
Code: PSI11125L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Psychology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
At the end of this curricular unit, the student should be able to:
- characterize the theoretical and practical/intervention fields of health psychology
- understand the evolution (and its determinants) of the concepts of health and disease, on bases of the biomedical and biopsychossocial paradigms;
- recognize and develop a critical perspective of the current theoretical and methodological debates in the field of health psychology;
- know the main predictive models of health (and disease) behavior (including self-regulation models);
- know the main models of behavior change in health-risk situations
- characterize the theoretical and practical/intervention fields of health psychology
- understand the evolution (and its determinants) of the concepts of health and disease, on bases of the biomedical and biopsychossocial paradigms;
- recognize and develop a critical perspective of the current theoretical and methodological debates in the field of health psychology;
- know the main predictive models of health (and disease) behavior (including self-regulation models);
- know the main models of behavior change in health-risk situations
Contents
1. Health psychology: object of study and main social-cognition models of health behavior
1.1. Evolution of the concepts of health and disease
1.2. The biopsychosocial paradigm
1.3. Health behavior and its determinants
1.4. Determinants of compliance
1.5. Model of health beliefs
1.6. Model of planned action
1.7. Leventhal?s model of self-regulation
2. Relevant topics of health psychology
1.1. Stress
2.2. Aditive behaviors: smoking and alcoholism
2.3. Chronic pain
2.4. Obesity and eating disorders
2.5. Cardiovascular disease
2.6. Oncological disease
1.1. Evolution of the concepts of health and disease
1.2. The biopsychosocial paradigm
1.3. Health behavior and its determinants
1.4. Determinants of compliance
1.5. Model of health beliefs
1.6. Model of planned action
1.7. Leventhal?s model of self-regulation
2. Relevant topics of health psychology
1.1. Stress
2.2. Aditive behaviors: smoking and alcoholism
2.3. Chronic pain
2.4. Obesity and eating disorders
2.5. Cardiovascular disease
2.6. Oncological disease
Teaching Methods
Lectures - presentation of issues with the aid of practical examples that facilitate understanding. Continuous assessment:
2 works in group
T1 Group work consisting of the presentation of a scientific article about health psychology. This article should be presented in class.
T2 - group / jury that is in charge of presenting new ideas, research suggestions and bibliographical research on other aspects not mentioned in the presented article. This work will also be presented in writing.
Each group will have to be in both presentation and jury situations.
Participation in a research work PI
weighting:
Continuous evaluation = (25%) T1 + (50%) T2 + (25%) PI
All papers must be submitted in writing.
Evaluation by exam:
Assessment by Exam (including exam of resource and examination of special period) will be carried out through:
Written test on the topics studied and practical part about a research proposal.
2 works in group
T1 Group work consisting of the presentation of a scientific article about health psychology. This article should be presented in class.
T2 - group / jury that is in charge of presenting new ideas, research suggestions and bibliographical research on other aspects not mentioned in the presented article. This work will also be presented in writing.
Each group will have to be in both presentation and jury situations.
Participation in a research work PI
weighting:
Continuous evaluation = (25%) T1 + (50%) T2 + (25%) PI
All papers must be submitted in writing.
Evaluation by exam:
Assessment by Exam (including exam of resource and examination of special period) will be carried out through:
Written test on the topics studied and practical part about a research proposal.
Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )
- Anabela Maria Sousa Pereira [responsible]
