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Study Course Description

Health Psychology

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
LSPA_319
Branch of Science
Health sciences
ECTS
2.00
Target Audience
Rehabilitation; Sports Trainer
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE)
Contacts

LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006

About Study Course

Objective

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Preliminary Knowledge

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Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

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Skills

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Competences

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Assessment

Individual work

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1.

Individual work

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Examination

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Examination

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Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
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On site
Auditorium
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  1. Class/Seminar

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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
2.00
Contact hours:
18 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Marks, D. F., Murray, M., & Estacio, E. V. (2020). Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (6th ed.). SAGE Publications Ltd. ASIN: B08CDX6CCP.

2.

Mārtinsone, Sudraba, Čukurs, Deklava, Duhovska, Dzilna, … Harlamova. (2019). Veselības psiholoģija : teorijas un prakses starpdisciplinārā perspektīva / K. Mārtinsones un V. Sudrabas zinātniskajā redakcijā ; autoru kolektīva vadītāja Dr.psych. K. Mārtinsone ; recenzenti: D.h.c. Juris Dragūns, Dr.med. Ieva Reine, Dr.psych. Anita Pipere, Dr.med. Natalja Jakušenko ; literārā redaktore Indra Orleja ; vāka dizaina autors Modris Brasliņš ; Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte.

3.

Flaten, M. A., & al'Absi, M. (Eds.). (2016). Neuroscience of Pain, Stress, and Emotion: Psychological and Clinical Implications (1st ed.). Academic Press.

Additional Reading

1.

Straub, R. O. (2019). Health Psychology: A Biopsychosocial Approach (6th ed.). Worth Publishers.

2.

Sanderson, C. A. (2018). Health Psychology: Understanding the Mind-Body Connection (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc.

3.

Ambron, R. (2022). The Brain and Pain: Breakthroughs in Neuroscience. Columbia University Press.

4.

Hayden, J. (2014). Introduction to Health Behavior Theory (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Other Information Sources

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Chronic pain (primary and secondary) in over 16s: assessment of all chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain