B2989 - Promoting Psychological Well-Being and Healthy Lifestyle in a Systemic-Integrated Perspectiva

Learning outcomes

Positive Psychology is a new line of research, which is being developing only in recent years. Positive Psychology is aimed to study issues which have been neglected for a long time, such as psychological well-being, quality of life, optimal human functioning, happiness, optimism, etc.. Students in this course will learn the most recent topics related to Positive Psychology, with particular emphasis on their applications in clinical psychology.

Course contents

1. Historical and cultural perspectives on well-being and happiness
2. Subjective well-being and life satisfaction
3. Positive emotions
4. psychological well-being
5. biological and genetic substrates of happiness and well-being
6. the concept of flow and otpimal experience
   
7. Positive mental health
   
8. Positive interpersonal relationships: altruisn, love and empathy
9. Hope and optimism
   
10. Gratitude and spirituality: their role in promoting mental and physical health
    
11. Strategies for improving resilience
12. Well-being and healthy lifestyles

Readings/Bibliography

Main text book:

Chiara Ruini. Positive Psychology in the Clinical Domains. Research and Practice. Springer International Publishing, 2017.

ISBN978-3-319-52110-7 DOI10.1007/978-3-319-52112-1

disponibile in formato ebook al seguente link

https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319521107

https://www.springer.com/it/book/9783319521107#

 

Additional text: 

Jennifer S. Cheavens , David B. Feldman: The Science and Application of Positive Psychology. Cambridge University Press, 2022
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1108472974
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1108472975

Teaching methods

Lectures with Power Point Presentation.
Case exemplifications and role-playing
team work
journal club
confrence presentations: video and scientific discussions on updated topics and reserch in positive psychology
This is an interactive course, where students will be directly involved in group discussion on the main topics of positive psychology. students will learn how to promote personal well-being andpositive lifestyles

Role playng and case siscussion will be organized throughout the classes, in order to learn strategies of interventions within the positive psychology perspectives.


Active participation to the classes will allow students to learn theories and concepts of positive psychology and to directly practice their applications in various types of interventions.

Assessment methods

The final evaluation will consist in a written exam (test) with 28 multiple choice questions + 1 open question regarding the topics included in the textbook and discussed in class. Each correct answer will count 1 point (max 28/30) and the open question will count fo a max of 3 points. Students who will provide corrected answers to all multiple choice questions and who will provide a detailed answer to the open question could have a maximum grade of 30/30 cum Laude

Teaching tools

Handouts and power point presentations available on internet (AlmaDL Campus)

Team work, bibliographic search and essay writing

Office hours

See the website of Chiara Ruini