Course Contents

1 Assessment in Health Psychology: • Introduction to science of measurement and measurement. Differences between science and measurement. • Importance & significance of measurement in health psychology, 2 • Assessment interviewing; behavioral, case history taking, • Use of tools/questionnaires for the assessment of: anxiety, depression, 3 • stress, locus of control, health beliefs, 4. Research in health psychology: • Approaches and perspectives in psychological research (positivistic, interpretive, feministic, post modern), • Anecdotes, case studies, and systematic research, • Descriptive research, 5. Correlational research, Experimental research, 6. Epidemiology: Nature of disease ecology, • Causation; association between variables; the role of confounding variables, 7. Present state examination (PSE) 8. Cross-sectional studies 9. Prevalence studies 10. Retrospective studies 11. Prospective studies, • Intervention studies 12. Cost-benefit approaches 13. Statistics for epidemiology: 14. Standardized rates 15. Odds ratios 16. Relative risk

Course Synopsis

Course Description: This course deals with the assessment procedures used in health Psychology. Objectives: The core objective of this course is to enable students regarding different methodological procedures used in Health Psychology

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to • Have sharp assessment skills • Use appropriate assessment procedures with reference to each problem