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PU5053: STRESS, PERSONALITY AND HEALTH (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:24


Course Overview

Humans vary from one person to the next, both in terms of their stable characteristics and in terms of how they respond to different situations and environments. These individual differences can in turn influence health positively and negatively. This course explores key individual differences in stress and personality. We will explore differences in physical, psychological and behavioural responses to stress; methods of coping with stress; theoretical determinants of stress; and the role of personality in health and illness.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Daniel Powell

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • MSc Health Psychology

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Humans vary from one person to the next, both in terms of their stable characteristics and in terms of how they respond to different situations and environments. These individual differences can in turn influence health positively and negatively. This course explores key individual differences in stress and personality. We will explore differences in physical, psychological and behavioural responses to stress; methods of coping with stress; theoretical determinants of stress; and the role of personality in health and illness.

 

On completion of this course, students will be able to;

  • Use theory to identify possible determinants of stress in different contexts
  • Describe the physiological, psychological, and behavioural consequences of stress and reflect on how these are relevant to health outcomes
  • Evaluate and synthesise evidence linking stress and individual difference factors to different facets of health and illness
  • Accurately interpret the results of different measures of stress and use these results to make appropriate, theory-based recommendations for intervention

Contact Teaching Time

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Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

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