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Personality Psychology and Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:25.03.2022 14:48:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_270 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; Psychology of Personality | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Rehabilitation; Medicine; Sports Trainer; Biology; Management Science; Political Science; Civil and Military Defense; Life Science; Social Welfare and Social Work; Communication Science; Public Health; Law; Health Management; Sociology; Medical Technologies; Business Management; Information and Communication Science; Nursing Science; Juridical Science; Pharmacy; Dentistry; Midwifery; Marketing and Advertising; Pedagogy; Social Anthropology; Person and Property Defence; Clinical Pharmacy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jana Duhovska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop comprehension of contemporary personality theories and personality traits and their relation to health, perception of illness and behaviour that promotes and compromises health; to enhance comprehension of the role of personality factors in medical treatment process, incl., compliance and activation, strengthening, effective application of inner resources of personality as means of maintaining and improvement of health. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Personality Psychology. Historical grounds: psychodynamic, humanistic, social cognitive and trait approach. Theories of temperament. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Contemporary trait theories of personality. Genetic and neurobiological basis of personality traits. | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Impact of personality traits on the treatment process. Personality traits and health, possible links and causal relationships. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Presentations and discussions. Personality traits related to health-threatening behaviour. Personality traits related to better health and longevity. Resilience and coping strategies. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Inner resources of personality. Activation, maintenance and effective application of inner resources of personality. Stress and basic emotion regulation. Case study. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. To independently consolidate the lecture material by systematically reading the specified sources and study materials, and filling out the tests after the video lectures. 2. To analyse 4 scientific articles on the topic that is independently chosen (in line with the topics of the study course) and prepare a presentation, an evidence-based explanation, present it in the class and participate in the discussion. 3. To participate in the group work in order to analyse the given case study and to model solutions for the problem given in the case study. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The final rating is a cumulative rating consisting of: (1) participation in practical classes (a student is qualified to receive a final grade in a study course if he / she has attended at least 75% of the classes); (2) completed tests on lecture materials (60%); (3) individual presentation – analysis of scientific articles on an independently chosen (in line with the topics of the study course) topic (40%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Describes contemporary personality theories, characterises genetic and neurobiological grounds of personality, explains relation between various personality factors, disease and health, including behaviour that compromises and promotes health. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Explains the most important concepts and relations in personality psychology, understanding the role of personality characterisation in medical treatment. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Applies the acquired knowledge and skills while solving psychology-based situations related to prevention, maintenance and recovery of health. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Psiholoģija, 2.sēj.: Personība, grupa, sabiedrība, kultūra. (2015). Mārtinsone, K., Miltuze, A. (red.). Rīga: Zvaigzne | ||||||||
| 2 | Veselības psiholoģija. (2019). Mārtinsone, K., Sudraba, V. (red.). Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte | ||||||||
| 3 | Pašpalīdzības un pašvadības iespēju arsenāls krīzes un transformāciju laikā: metodes ikvienam. (2021). Mārtinsone, K. (sast.). Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte | ||||||||
| 4 | Psychological Medicine | ||||||||
| 5 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students: | ||||||||
| 6 | Psychological Medicine | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Konsultēšanas un psihoterapijas teorija un prakse. (2016). Mārtinsone, K., Bite, I., Sudraba, V. (red.). Rīga: Zvaigzne | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Health psychology journal | ||||||||
| 2 | Personality and individual differences | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | ||||||||
| 4 | Journal of behavioral medicine | ||||||||
| 5 | Journal of research in personality | ||||||||
