UPPVFK023 Health Psychology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
9/0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Gabriela Světnická (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eva Urbanovská, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 25. 2. 9:45–13:50 C209, Fri 11. 3. 9:45–13:00 C207
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the health psychology discipline, main areas, approaches, conceptions and models. Attention will be paid to specific issues of health and illness, mental stress, stress. Students will be acquainted with salutors and stressors, vulnerability and resilience. They will also gain basic knowledge about psychosomatic, burnout, mental hygiene.
Syllabus
  • 1. Psychology of health. Main characteristics of health psychology. Subject and objectives of psychology of health. Focus areas of health psychology. Related disciplines. Applying of health psychology in practice.
    2. Main thematic areas of health psychology - approaches, conceptions, models.
    3. Development of concept and definition of health. Bio-psycho-socio-environmental conception of health, global health conception (including moral and spiritual factors). Significant representatives of the psychology of health in our country and in the world.
    4. Health prevention and support, health supporting behavior. Positive emotionality and health. Salutogenesis and health moderators.
    5. Psychological stress and vulnerability of personality. Categories of subjectively experienced mental stress. Taxonomy of stress situations.
    6. Stress and health. Coping with stress.
    7. Perceived social support as a protective factor.
    8. Salutors and stressors. Measure of major life events. Factors regulating the relationship between stress and health.
    9. Vulnerability and resilience. Overview of significant concepts of mental resilience.
    10. Factors that may be or may not be affected, risky and protective factors acting in the relationship between health and disease.
    11. Personality and health. Personality attributes influencing stress response (personality type A, C, B).
    12. Psychosomatic and psychological hygiene.
    13. Burnout syndrome. Symptoms of burnout syndrome, phases of the burnout process, risky and protective factors of burnout.
Literature
    required literature
  • KEBZA, Vladimír. Chování člověka v krizových situacích. V Praze: Česká zemědělská univerzita, Provozně e, 2011. ISBN 978-80-213-2210-3. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Pozitivní psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-726-8. info
  • FALEIDE, A. O., LIAN, Lilleba B. a FALEIDE, Eyolf K. Vliv psychiky na zdraví: soudobá psychosomatika. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-2864-3. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Psychologie moudrosti a dobrého života. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2362-4. info
    recommended literature
  • PTÁČEK, Radek a kol. Burnout syndrom jako mezioborový jev. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-5114-6. info
  • PELCÁK, Stanislav. Osobnostní nezdolnost a zdraví. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7435-342-0. info
  • NEŠPOR, Karel. Sebeovládání: stres, rizikové emoce a bažení lze zvládat! Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0482-4. info
  • ULRICHOVÁ, Monika. Člověk, stres a osobnostní předpoklady: souvislost osobnostních rysů a odolnosti vůči stresu. Ústí nad Orlicí: Oftis ve spolupráci s Pedagogic, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7405-186-9. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Hořet, ale nevyhořet. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7195-573-3. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Optimismus, pesimismus a prevence deprese. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4007-2. info
  • KŘIVOHLAVÝ, J. Mít pro co žít. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7195-404-0. info
  • ŠOLCOVÁ, Iva. Vývoj resilience v dětství a dospělosti. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2947-3. info
  • Psychosomatické disciplíny v přípravě pedagogů: východiska a první zkušenosti. Brno: Paido, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7315-184-3. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Student, on a concrete example work with senior, develops an analysis of his insights into illness and health, self-reflection, suggestions for further work. Student demonstrates knowledge of basic literature and also will be able to continuously consult the individually studied subject topics by e-mail, individual or group consultations.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021.
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