Stress, Coping and Health
Code: 43875 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4316222 Research in Clinical Psychology and Health | OT | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Antonio Sanz Ruíz
- Email:
- antonio.sanz@uab.cat
Teachers
- Jordi Fernández Castro
- Joana Moix Queralto
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
No previous requirements
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objective of this module is to provide students with an expert knowledge of current models of stress and coping research that allow them to analyze and evaluate applications in the health field, as well as design research protocols in this field.
Competences
- Analyze critically the most current theories, models and methods of psychological research in the field of clinical and health psychology.
- Apply the outstanding ethical principles and act accordingly to the deontological code for the profession in the scientific research practic.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Pose relevant and new research questions in clinical and health psychology depending on the bibliography consulted.
- Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
- Select adequate instruments of psychological assessment for the objectives of a research project in clinical and health psychology in different fields: medical or other.
- Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research in the context of scientific production, to understand and interact effectively with other professionals.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply stress models to little-researched health problems in interdisciplinary areas.
- Apply the outstanding ethical principles and act accordingly to the deontological code for the profession in the scientific research practic.
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously.
- Search for information in scientific literature using appropriate channels and integrate such information to propose and contextualize a research topic.
- Understand and know how to apply assessment instruments for stress and confrontation.
- Understand and relate theoretical models which guide research in the area of stress.
- Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research in the context of scientific production, to understand and interact effectively with other professionals.
Content
Stress study models (psychological, psychosocial and transactional)
Methodology of stress assessment (objective, self-report and ecological longitudinal measurements).
Stress and risk of illness.
Stress and chronic diseases.
Stress and disability.
Stress and work.
Stress and cognitive performance.
Stress management strategies.
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Seminar of theory and collaborative work | 37.5 | 1.5 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Collaborative work | 7.5 | 0.3 | 1, 3, 4, 5 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Readings and assigments | 105 | 4.2 | 3, 4, 6 |
This subject will be developed in two parts, the first will be an update of research in the field of stress, coping and health. In these sessions, part of the time will be devoted to the presentation of the teachers, another to the discussion of readings provided prior to moodle and the remaining time (approximately a half of the total) to the realization of individual or group exercises.
The second part of the subject will be carried out with a learning methodology based on challenges which will consist of developing, in groups, a research project in the field of stress, coping and health structured in five sequential challenges. The sessions will consist of group meetings tutored by the teaching staff.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ev 1. Student's porfolio | 40% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 5 |
| Ev 2. Collaborative work | 30% | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Ev 3.Presentation of collaborative work. | 30% | 0 | 0 | 3, 7 |
- The final grade will set up of:
- Ev 1. Student's portfolio. Weight: 40% Portfolio of the student that gathers the evidences of autonomous learning, summary of the readings and sessions of the seminar. Online submission of written evidence. Around week 13.
- Ev 2. Collaborative work. Weight: 30% Collaborative work: It includes the elaboration process and the results in written online presentation. Around week 16.
- Ev 3. Collaborative work: presentation. Weight: 30%. Online face-to-face presentation of collaborative work. Around week 17.
- It is considered approved as of the grade of 4,85. Once the subject has been aproved, any action cannot be established to improve the final grade.
- Those who have not passed the subject but have achieved a minimum grade of 3.5 can opt for recovery, which will consist of complementary activities or a summary exam that will be assigned to each student by the subject coordinator. The maximum score that can be obtained in the recovery test is a 5.
- This subject does not allow unique assessment.
- In any case, the Guidelines for the evaluation of the qualifications of the Psychology Faculty 2019-209 will be applied: https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.html
Bibliography
Basic bibliography:
Fernández-Castro, J. (2020). Libérate del Estres. Barcelona: RBA.
Fiona Jones & Jim Bright (2001). Stress. Mith, theory and Research. Harlow (UK): Pearson-Prentice Hall.
Margaret E. Kemeny (2003). The Psychobiology of Stress. Current directions in psychological science, 12(4),
124-129Bibli
Michael P. O'Driscoll (2013). Coping with stress: a challenge for theory, research and practice. Stress anHealth: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 29(2), 89-90. doi:10.1002/smi.2489
Complimentary bibliography:
Avia, M.D. y Vázquez, C. (1998). Optimismo inteligente. Madrid: Alianza editorial.
Taylor, S.H. (2007). Psicología de la Salud (7ª Edición). México: McGraw-Hill.
Álava, M. J. (2003). La inutilidad del sufrimiento. Madrid: La esfera de los libros.
Brannon, L. y Feist (2001). Psicología de la Salud. Madrid: Paraninfo.
Fernández-Abascal, E.G. (Ed.) (2009). Emociones Positivas. Madrid: Pirámide.
Fernández-Abascal, E.G. y Palmero, F. (Eds.) (1999). Emociones y Salud. Barcelona: Ariel.
Fernandez-Castro, J., Rovira, T., Doval, E., Edo, S. (2009). Optimism and perceived competence: The same or different constructs? Personality And Individual Differences, 46(7), 735-740.
Gil-Monte, P. y Juncota, J.M. (1997). Desgaste psíquico en el trabajo: El síndrome de quemarse. Madrid: Síntesis.
Gutiérrez, T., Raich, R.M., Sánchez, D. y Deus, J. (2003). Instrumentos de evaluación en Psicología de la Salud. Madrid: Alianza.
Lazarus, R.S. (1999). Stress and emotion: A new synthesis. New York, US: Springer Publishing Company.
Marks, D.F. (2002). Freedom, Responsibility and Power: Contrasting Approaches to Health Psychology . Journal of Health Psychology, 7(1), 5-19.
Morrison,V. y Bennett (2008). Psicología de la Salud. Madrid: Pearson.
Murray, M. and Campbell C. (2003). Living in a material World: Reflecting on some assumptions of Health. Psychology. Journal of Health Psychology, 8(2), 231-236.
Ogden, J. (2005) Health Psychology. London: McGraw- Hill Education
Robles, H. y Peralta, M.I. (2007). Programa parael control del estrés. Madrid: Pirámide.
Sapolsky, R. M. (2008). ¿Por qué las cebras no tienen úlcera? La guía del estrés. Madrid: Alianza.
Smith, Jonathan (1993). Understandig stress and coping. New York: MacMillan Publising compañero.
Taylor, S.E. (1991). Health Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Taylor, S.E. and Stanton, A. (2007). Coping Resources, Coping Processes, and Mental Health. Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 3:377-401
Valdés, M. (2016). El estrés. Desde la biología hasta la clínica. Barcelona: Siglantana.
Vázquez, C., Hervás, G. (2009). La Ciencia del bienestar : fundamentos de una psicología positiva. Madrid: Alianza
WEB:
http://cancer.ucsf.edu/people/folkman_susan.php (Comprehensive cancer center. University of California)
http://www.star-society.org/index.html (Stress and Anxiety Research Society)
http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/acqol/index.htm (Australian center on quality of life)
Software
Students must have TEAMS and the data analysis programs used in this master's degree.
Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TEm) Theory (master) | 1 | Spanish | first semester | afternoon |