Study-unit PLANNING AND EVALUATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
| Course name | Assessment of individual functioning in clinical and health psychology |
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| Study-unit Code | 40999309 |
| Curriculum | Curriculum i |
| Lecturer | Chiara Pazzagli |
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| CFU | 9 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2022 |
| Supplied | 2022/23 |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Psicologia dinamica e clinica |
| Sector | M-PSI/07 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills regarding: - the guidelines for planning and evaluating psychological interventions in different contexts in the field of clinical and health psychology; - the main research designs used in the development and evaluation of psychological intervention projects; - the main notions in studying the effectiveness of psychotherapy and how these can be translated into different contexts; - the writing and presentation of research projects to obtain funding based on competitive calls. The final program will be communicated at the beginning of the course and made available on course page of the UniStudium website. |
| Reference texts | Leone, L., e Prezza, M. (2005). Costruire e valutare i progetti nel sociale. Franco Angeli. Del Corno, F., Lo Coco, G. (2018). Disegni di ricerca in psicologia clinica. Franco Angeli. Dazzi, N., Lingiardi, V., Colli, A. (2006), La ricerca in psicoterapia. Modelli e strumenti, Raffaello Cortina Editore. Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 12. Lecture slides (available on the UniStudium page of the course). Any updates will be posted on the course's UniStudium page. |
| Educational objectives | The main objective of the course is to provide students with knowledge and skills regarding the planning of psychological interventions and their evaluation. Specifically, the objectives of the course are defined as follows with reference to the following domains: - Knowledge and understanding: allow the student to achieve the fundamental knowledge to identify areas and possible methods of intervention in the field of clinical and health psychology; - Applying knowledge and understanding: allow the student to apply this knowledge to develop an intervention project;- Making judgments: the student will be able to integrate the acquired knowledge to critically evaluate the characteristics of various psychological interventions and related effectiveness studies;- Communication skills: provide students with the specific skills and terminology that will allow them to present their project ideas to interlocutors involved in various roles for the successful outcome of an intervention; - Learning skills: allow the student to transfer the acquired knowledge and skills to independently keep themselves updated on the literature on the design and evaluation of psychological interventions that use various methodological approaches. |
| Prerequisites | In order to be able to understand the planning and evaluation of psychological interventions, it is advisable to have a basic knowledge of the main intervention models and assessment instruments. Furthermore, it is advisable to be able to read and comprehend scientific articles in English. |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized as follows: - classroom lectures focused on the course topics; - group work on the course topics with on-site supervision and plenary discussions; - presentation of group work and debate. |
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| Learning verification modality | 50% of the final grade will be based on a final written exam consisting of: • 20 multiple choice questions with 3 answer options (a single correct answer, each question is worth a point, without deductions of points for incorrect or missing answers, for a maximum of 20 points) • 1 open question assessed from 0 to 10 50% of the final grade will be based alternatively on: • For students attending the course (in person or online with permission): Group project with presentation in the classroom according to instructions available on the UniStudium page of the course, with evaluation between 0 and 30. • For students not attending or attending without participating in a group project: 3 additional open questions during the final written examination, each assessed 10 points for a maximum total of 30 points The written exam will be administered digitally in the manner that will be indicated in advance on the UniStudium page of the Course (UniStudium with Safe Exam Browser/SEB or Libreeol). Duration of the exam: • Attending with project: 40 minutes • Non-attending or attending without a project: 1 hour and 10 minutes For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or DSA, visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa |
| Extended program | 1. The contemporary debate on psychotherapy research 2. History of psychotherapy research 3. Empirically supported treatments vs empirically supported relationships 4. Indications for a good research methodology 5. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods in clinical psychology research designs 6. Read and understand a psychotherapy research article 7. Build and evaluate clinical and health psychology projects (approaches, models, and steps) The final program will be communicated at the beginning of the course and made available on course page of the UniStudium website. |