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  • Course Information
  • Course Title Code Semester Laboratory+Practice (Hour) Pool Type ECTS
    Health Psychology PSİ324 SPRING 3+0 E 5
    Learning Outcomes
    1-Identifies the basic concepts and theories of health psychology.
    2-Comments the effects of mind-body interaction on health and illness.
    3-Analyzes how thinking processes affect health and illness.
    4-Defines the research and application areas of health psychology.
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    Language of Instruction Turkish
    Responsible Asst. Prof. Ozan Kayar
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    Resources R1. Ogden, J. (2020). Sağlık Psikolojisi. G. Dirik (Ed.). Ankara: Nobel Academic Publishing. R2. Okyayuz, Ü. H. (2013). Sağlık Psikolojisi. Ankara: Turkish Psychological Association Publishing.
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    Goals The aim of the course is to teach students the basics of health psychology and to inform students about health-illness perceptions and beliefs, health behaviors, the relationship between stress and illness, and the psychosocial components of pain.
    Content In the content of this course, there are topics such as the scope of health psychology, health beliefs, some health-related behaviors such as addiction, nutrition, exercise, and sexuality, alternative interventions to change health behaviors, cognitions and behaviors related to illness, and relationship between stress and illness and coping with stress. The role of psycho-social approaches and interventions in understanding pain experience will also be covered in this course.
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