University of the West of England
MODULE SPECIFICATION
Code: USPJES-10-M Title: STRESS AND COPING Version: 2
Level: M UWE credit rating: 10 ECTS credit rating: 5
Module type: Standard
Owning Faculty: Applied Sciences Field: Psychology
Valid from: September 2003 Discontinued from:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Excluded combinations: None
Learning outcomes:
• Review the validity of stress models and frameworks.
• Evaluate those factors promoting and moderating stress.
• Examine critically the models of coping.
• Critically discuss the conceptual and measurement issues affecting coping research.
• Discuss the contribution made by social support in the management of stress and promotion of coping.
• Examine critically the theoretical framework of the cognitive-behavioural approach to stress management.
• Evaluate potential interventions and their appropriateness in the promotion of coping.
Syllabus outline:
Stress models and frameworks: stimulus based, response based, transactional, Conservation of Resources and the Diathesis models. The psychodynamic perspective of stress and coping. Measuring stress, Daily Hassles versus Life Events and Trauma.
Causes and consequences of stress, mediators and moderators of stress: social support, perceptions of control, hardiness, mastery, personality type, self-efficacy. Occupational stress, a hazard of the job.
The stress and illness debate: psychosomatic illness, eg, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, migraine. Psychoneuroimmunology; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME), HIV/AIDS.
Coping models and frameworks, Coping as a 'process' and as an 'outcome'. Coping with acute illness and pain. Coping with chronic illness: complex treatment regimens, altered body image, disfigurement, disability and pain.
Coping research as a central tenet of health psychology. Measuring coping: problems with existing methods, and the current debate around theoretical modelling of the psychological processes of adjusting to illness and disease.
Interventions: stress management (for self and others); pain management, graded exercise programmes (CFS and suppressed immune function).
Teaching and learning methods:
Short lectures, seminars and workshops.
Reading Strategy
All students will be encouraged to make full use of the print and electronic resources available to them through membership of the University. These include a range of electronic journals and a wide variety of resources available through web sites and information gateways. The University Library’s web pages provide access to subject relevant resources and services, and to the library catalogue. Many resources can be accessed remotely. Students will be presented with opportunities within the curriculum to develop their information retrieval and evaluation skills in order to identify such resources effectively.
This guidance will be available either in the module handbook, via the module information on UWEonline or through any other vehicle deemed appropriate by the module/programme leaders.
Balbin, E. G, Ironson, G. H & Soloman, G. F. (1999) Stress and Coping: the psychoneuroimmunology of HIV/AIDS. Bailliere’s Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 13, (4) 615-633.
Carver, C. S. & Scheier, M F. (1999) Stress, Coping and Self-Regulatory Processes. In: Handbook of Personality: Theory and research . (2nd Ed) Eds: Pervin, L.A & John, O. P. Chapter 22:553.
Cohen, S. & Herbert, T. B. (1996) Health Psychology: Psychological factors and physical disease from the perspective of human PNI. Ann Rev. Psychol. 47: 113-142.
De Ridder & Shreurs, D. (2001) Developing interventions for chronically ill patients: is coping a helpful concept. Clinical Psychology Review 21, (2) 205-240.
De Ridder, D. (1997) What is wrong with coping assessment? A review of conceptual and methodological issues. Psychol. & Health 12: 417-431
Dohrenwend, B.P. (2000) The role of adversity and stress in psychopathology: some evidence and its implications for theory and research. J. Health and Social Behaviour. 41 (March) 1-19.
Drugan, R.C. (2000) The neurochemistry of stress resilience and coping: a quest from natures own antidote to illness: from the science of optimism and hope. Research Essays. Laws of Life Symposium Series. Templedon Foundation Press. 2: 57:71
Dukes Holland, K. & Holahan, C. K. (2003) The relation of social support and coping to positive adaption to breast cancer. Psychology and Health 18, (1) 15-29
Ferguson, E. & Cox, T. (1997) The functional dimensions of coping scale: theory, reliability and validity. Br.J. Health Psychology. 2 , 109-129
Fournier, M. De Ridder, D. & Bensing, J. (2002) Optimism and adaption to chronic disease: the role of optimism in relation to self-care options of type 1 diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Br. J. Health Psychology, 7: 409-432
Galvin, R. (2002) Disturbing notions of chronic illness and individual responsibility :towards a genealogy of morals. Health: an Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness & Medicine. 6 (2) 107- 137
Griffiths, A. (1998) Work related illness in Great Britain. Work and Stress. 12 (1) 1-5.
Hupcey, J. E. (1998) Social Support: Assessing Conceptual coherence. Qualitative Health Research. 8 (3) 304-318.
Keay, K. A. & Bandler, R. (2001) Parallel circuits mediating distinct emotional coping reactions to different types of stress. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews. 25: 669-678
Maes, S. & Verhoeven, C. (Eds) (2003) special Issue: the job demand- control- social support model and wellness/health outcomes. Psychology and Health 18 (4)
Sapolsky, R. M. (1998) Why Zebras don’t get ulcers: an updated guide to stress, stress-related diseases and coping. Freeman and Co. New York
Snyder, C.R. (2001) Coping with Stress: effective People and Process. Oxford University Press, New York.
Zeidner, M. & Endler, N. S. (Eds) (1996) Handbook of Coping: Theory, Research, Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
Selected Journals:
American Psychologist
Annual Review Psychology
British Journal Health Psychology
British Journal Psychiatry
Health Psychology
Journal Health Psychology
Patient Education and Counselling
Psychology Health and Medicine
Psycho-oncology
Social Science and Medicine
Assessment
Weighting between components A and B (standard modules only) A: 100% B: %
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Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes) No
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SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT Attendance at taught classes. Yes
Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………
(Associate Dean/Programme Director)