Admission requirements
First year-course Personality, Clinical and Health Psychology or similar course. For more information contact the psychology student advisers.
Description
This course addresses a psychological perspective on culture, health, disease and health care. Attention will be paid to cultural aspects of core psychological concepts and models.
Course objectives
After completion of the course students
Have an understanding of cultural aspects related to personality, psychopathology, stress, pain and illness.
Have an understanding of cultural differences in health beliefs, lifestyles and health.
Have an understanding of communication between health care professionals and migrant patients and the use of healthcare facilities.
Have skills in developing in a scientific presentation.
Timetable
Cross-cultural Psychology of Health and Illness (2014-2015):
Registration
Course
Students need to enroll for lectures and work group sessions. Please consult the Instructions registration
Examination
Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date; students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination. Registering for exams
Electives students
You have to enrol for each course separately.
Read more on the electives for non psychology students (in Dutch)
Or exchange students contact Dieuwerke de Groot our exchange coordinator
Mode of instruction
7 lectures of 2 hours
Lecture 1: Cultural prejudice and personality and culture
Lecture 2: Emotion, motivation and culture
Lecture 3: Stress in migrants and cultural aspects of pain
Lecture 4: Culture, body-image, lifestyle and health
Lecture 5: Development, health and culture
Lecture 6: Culture and psychopathology
Lecture 7: Culture and somatic health care
A group paper with a presentation (workgroup session of 2 hours) at the end of the course (presence required)
Assessment method
Exam with 3 (out of 4) open question (70% of endgrade), and a groupassignment consisting of a paper and presentation on a specific topic related to the course (see Blackboard). The group assignment is 30% of the endgrade.
The Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.
Blackboard
Information on blackboard.leidenuniv.nl
Reading list
Shiraev, E.B. & Levy, D.A. (2010). Cross-cultural Psychology; Critical thinking and contemporary applications (International edition). Boston, MA; Allly and Bacon/ Pearson.
A set of articles (see Blackboard)
Contact information
Dr. C. Verhoeven
Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, room 2B53,
Tel. +31 (0)71 527 4069, E-mail: verhoeven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl