Health Psychology

Paper Code: 
DPSY 501 B
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Learning Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO27: Demonstrating knowledge of health psychology.

CO28: Demonstrate the knowledge of various behaviours associated with unhealthy outcomes.

CO29: Demonstrating the application of psychological theories & principles of behavioural change

CO30: Enhancing the understanding of usage of health care services by people.

CO31: Appraising the dynamics of stress, its causes, consequences & management.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Health Psychology:

Nature & Scope; Components of Health- Social; Emotional; Cognitive & Physical; Mind-Body Relationship; Biopsychosocial Model, Placebo in Treatment & Research, Research Methods in Health Psychology-Correlational, Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal, Experimental Designs & Ex-post-facto Design

15.00
Unit II: 
Behavioral factors & Health:

Characteristics of Health Behaviour; Barriers to Health Behaviour; Theories of Health Behaviour

Health Compromising Behaviours: Substance Abuse-Smoking; Alcohol Abuse, Unhealthy Eating Behavior, Unsafe Sexual Behavior; Life Style Related Diseases; Approaches to Change in Health Behaviour- Cognitive – Behavioural; Social Engineering.

10.00
Unit III: 
Using Health Care Services:

 Recognition and Interpretation of Symptoms, Individual differences in usage of Health Services; Misusing Health Services

9.00
Unit IV: 
Stress & Health:

Stress, types & sources; Theoretical approaches; Neurobiology of stress; Coping: Styles, Individual differences in coping; Stress Management   

14.00
Unit V: 
Human Strengths & Life Enhancement:

Classification of Human Strengths & Virtues; Cultivating Inner Strengths –Hope; Resilience & Optimism; Gainful Employment & Me/We Balance; Well-Being- Components of Well-Being; Life Satisfaction; Happiness.

Essential Readings: 

●               Sarafino, E.P. (1994). Health Psychology Bio-Psychological Interactions. New York: Wiley.

●               Straub R.A. (2014). Health Psychology. USA: Worth Publisher.

Taylor, S. (1986). Health Psychology: New York : Random House

References: 

●               Lyons, A.C, Chamberlain.  (2006). Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction. New York: Cambridge University Press.

●               Pastonjee, D. M., Pareek, U.and Agarwal, R. (1999). Studies in Stress and its Management. New Delhi: Oxford IBH Publishing Company.

●               Schmidt, L. R., Schwenkenezger, P., Weinman, J. and Maes, S. (Eds.) (1990). Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Health Psychology. London: Harwood/Academic.

●               Spielberger, C. D. & Sarson, I. G. (Eds.) (1996). Stress and Emotions: Anxiety, Anger and Curiosity, Vol. 16, Washington, D. C. : Taylor and Frances.

 

E Resources

●      ResearchGate

●      JSTOR

●      Proquest

●      Shodhganga

●      Delnet

●      Google Scholar

●      National Digital Library (NPTEL)

●      Academia

 

Journals

●      British Journal of Pain

●      Current Opinion in Psychology

●      Psychology of Music

●      Scandinavian Journal of Pain

Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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