Health Psychology for the Study Programme for University Diploma in Psychology

About the course

In this course, different aspects of health psychology in relation to 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, positive psychology, and epigenetics. The course content is problematized from from how people are categorized socially and and basic research methods are discussed.