Coping and Health Research (VS1) (U03322)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-4-CHRV1-PS

The course will provide an advanced understanding of coping theory and research. The relationship between stress and coping will be explored, and the contributions that coping makes to health-related outcomes including subjective well-being, social functioning, and physical and psychiatric health. The main theoretical conceptualisations of stress and coping and methodological issues are considered, and the role of coping in stressful situations and chronic illness are discussed. Specific topics will include the theoretical foundations of coping research; design and measurement issues in coping research; adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies; individual differences in coping with common and extreme stressors; individual differences in coping with chronic illness; and the various applications of stress and coping research

? Keywords : Coping; Chronic illness; Stress; Individual Differences; Health

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U03116

? Pre-requisites : Degree major in Psychology and passes in psychology courses at least to the equivalent of junior honours level in Edinburgh. Prior agreement with the 4th Year Honours Course Organiser: Dr. Martha Whiteman (Ext. 50 3317).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Psychology, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Block 2 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
01/11/2007	11:10	13:00

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to:
1. Understand and discuss the theoretical conceptualisations of stress and coping, including models and methods of assessment and current research.
2. Critically evaluate the literature on coping with common and extreme stressors, and understand how coping with stress can be influenced by personal and environmental factors.
3. Understand and be able to discuss critically the evidence for the role of coping strategies in adaptation to chronic illness, and be able to evaluate the claim that coping strategies are potential mediators of the link between antecedents to stress/illness and health-related outcomes.
4. Critically evaluate the evidence for associations between individual differences in coping and health related outcomes.
5. Discuss the various applications and consequences of coping and health research.