Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Agrigoroaei Stefan; Agrigoroaei Stefan (compensates Van den Broucke Stephan); Van den Broucke Stephan;
Language
French
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
- The basics of health psychology & the principles of health psychology
- The profession of health psychologist
- Illness cognitions & representations
- Health and well-being at the population level
- Health behaviors and health beliefs
- Biopsychosocial aspects of health conditions: stress, cancer, obesity, HIV, coronary heart disease, pain
- Biopsychosocial aspects of health behaviors: smoking, alcohol consumption, eating behavior, physical exercise, screening
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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The goal of this class is to familiarize students with the general concepts of health psychology. In terms of learning outcomes, the course is designed to allow students to:
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Bibliography
Ogden, J. (2018). Psychologie de la santé, De Boeck, Collection Ouvertures Psychologiques.
Faculty or entity
EPSY
