Health Psychology 7.5 credits

About the course

In this course, different aspects of health psychology in relation to individual and public health is treated. The course emphasizes the interaction between biological, psychological, and social factors as well as their consequences for health and quality of life. The course also discusses the concepts of health, stress, stress moderators, risky behaviors and health promotive behaviors as well as life style and quality of life. Moreover, the course deals with functional somatic syndromes, occupational health psychology, and epigenetics. The course content is problematized from how people are categorized based on diversity, culture and intersectionality and basic research methods are discussed.

The right to teaching and supervision is only given during the time period that the student is registered on the course. The course is given in English.

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