Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course falls within the foundational courses of the first year and aims and aims to achieve the following learning objectives:
Understanding the Bio-Psycho-Social Approach: Acquiring an in-depth understanding of the bio-psycho-social approach in understanding illness.
- Understanding how health and illness are influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors.
- Understanding Psychological Dimensions: Analyzing the impact of psychological aspects on the manifestation, management, and prognosis of illnesses, and exploring psychological adaptation models and coping strategies.
- Understanding Social Dimensions: Examining the influence of social factors on health, including socioeconomic conditions and social environment, as well as the role of social support networks in managing illnesses.
- Providing theoretical knowledge on health-related behaviors and choices;
- Providing knowledge of how cognitive and personality factors and health-related behaviors might influence the development and maintenance of organic diseases.
Understanding the Bio-Psycho-Social Approach: Acquiring an in-depth understanding of the bio-psycho-social approach in understanding illness.
- Understanding how health and illness are influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors.
- Understanding Psychological Dimensions: Analyzing the impact of psychological aspects on the manifestation, management, and prognosis of illnesses, and exploring psychological adaptation models and coping strategies.
- Understanding Social Dimensions: Examining the influence of social factors on health, including socioeconomic conditions and social environment, as well as the role of social support networks in managing illnesses.
- Providing theoretical knowledge on health-related behaviors and choices;
- Providing knowledge of how cognitive and personality factors and health-related behaviors might influence the development and maintenance of organic diseases.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student:
- will have acquired knowledge about the main theoretical models of the Bio-Psycho-Social Approach;
- will have developed the ability to reason about theoretical models and their implications for having or maintaining healthy behaviors;
- will have acquired the ability to interpret experimental data on predictive factors and disease maintenance in relation to theoretical reference frameworks.
- will have acquired knowledge about the main theoretical models of the Bio-Psycho-Social Approach;
- will have developed the ability to reason about theoretical models and their implications for having or maintaining healthy behaviors;
- will have acquired the ability to interpret experimental data on predictive factors and disease maintenance in relation to theoretical reference frameworks.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Course syllabus
The first part of the course will be dedicated to the study of the advent of the Bio-Psycho-Social Approach and how this represented a revolution compared to previous models of medicine and the doctor-patient relationship.
A second part of the course will be dedicated to the study of the main theoretical models of health-related behaviors, and the main theories of changing such behaviors. In particular we will focus on: Model of health beliefs; Theory of motivation to protect oneself, Theory of planned behavior; Theory of reasoned action.
Finally, a third part will be dedicated to the study of cognitive and personality, but also social and environmental factors, associated with organic diseases, both in the role of predictors and in the role of modulators of the disease itself.
A second part of the course will be dedicated to the study of the main theoretical models of health-related behaviors, and the main theories of changing such behaviors. In particular we will focus on: Model of health beliefs; Theory of motivation to protect oneself, Theory of planned behavior; Theory of reasoned action.
Finally, a third part will be dedicated to the study of cognitive and personality, but also social and environmental factors, associated with organic diseases, both in the role of predictors and in the role of modulators of the disease itself.
Prerequisites for admission
None
Teaching methods
Lectures. Learning material (papers e slides) will be available online.
Teaching Resources
Bibliography will be provided during the course and uploaded to the MyAriel website.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Assessment takes place through a written final test, composed of both open-ended and multiple-choice questions. Open-ended questions allow to verify the understanding and knowledge of specific areas of the discipline, and the ability to reason upon the learned models (autonomy of judgment); furthermore, they allow to verify the correct learning and use of the specific terminology (communication skills). Multiple-choice questions, instead, allow to verify learning of specific theoretical models in a more fine-grained way.
The booking on the UNIMIA portal, within the dates established for each appeal, is mandatory for the examination
The booking on the UNIMIA portal, within the dates established for each appeal, is mandatory for the examination
M-PSI/01 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY - University credits: 6
Lessons: 36 hours
Professor:
Cutica Ilaria
Shifts:
Turno
Professor:
Cutica IlariaProfessor(s)