Konferenciakalauz

Welcome address

The European Health Psychology Society invites all health and clinical psychologists, behavioural and public health researchers, and all others interested in the field of health psychology, to participate in the 24th Annual Conference to be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1-4 September 2010. The conference provides the opportunity to present research findings and to share working experience with colleagues from countries all around the world, to strengthen current networks and build new ones. Your participation and scientific contribution can broaden and deepen our understanding of global health in light of the conference theme, Health in Context.

Cluj, the treasure city of Transylvania, which from the Middle Ages onward has been a multicultural city characterized by diversity and intellectual effervescence, offers the perfect setting for the 2010 Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. We look forward to seeing you in Cluj,

Adriana Baban
Conference President

The 24th Conference of The European Health Psychology features a variety of formats including: Keynote lectures, Symposia, Oral and Poster sessions; Round-tables/Panel discussions; Pre-conference workshops; Synergy and Create workshops.

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Michelle Fine, City University of New York, New York, USA
Prof. Suzanne Segerstrom, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
Prof. Michael Murray, Keele University, Keele, UK
Prof. Mircea Miclea, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Topics

• Self-Regulation, including Illness Perceptions
• Coping with Chronic Illness and Pain
• Stress, Emotions, Coping and Health
• Social Support and Health
• Personality and Health, and Psychosomatic Problems
• Social Cognition Models and Health Behaviour
• Risk Perception and Communication, including Self-Affirmation
• Qualitative Methods
• Psychological Interventions in Chronic Disease
• Public Health Interventions and Health Promotion
• Aging and Health
• Families, Children and Health
• Culture, Social Change and Health
• Occupational Health
• Psychophysiology, PNI and Neurophysiology

Pre Conference Workshops

• Mechanisms of Health Behaviour Change
  Prof. Dr. Ralf Schwarzer, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
• Psychological Correlates of Physical diseases: the Cognitive Orientation Approach
  Prof. Dr. Shulamith Kreitler, Tel-Aviv University & Haifa University, Israel
• Evaluating Meta Analyses: A Critical Consumers’ Guide
  James C. Coyne, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA and University of Groningen.
• Discourse Analysis
  Dr. Abigail Locke, University of Huddersfield, UK
• Developing the socio-emotional competencies of children through rational emotive education programs
  Prof. Dr. Adrian Opre, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania