Scientific Programe
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.

ORAL papers: oral_programme.pdf, oral_programme.xls
POSTER papers: poster_programme.pdf, poster_programme.xls

Conference SCHEDULE: Schedule.pdf, Schedule.doc

Keynote Speakers

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

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



Short Workshops

Meet the Expert 2010
What: "Meet the Expert" is intended to promote research facilitation and interaction between early and advanced career scientists. This initiative provides all researchers at the EHPS Conference especially young researchers with the opportunity to consult with leading scientists in their field of their interest in a very friendly and relaxed environment.
Who: Four experts are Profs., Michelle Fine (US), Michael Murray (UK), Suzanne Segerstrom (US), and Bas Verplanken (UK).
When: Wednesday 1st September, 2010 (n the morning of the first conference day).
Where: Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
How to apply: You can find the application form at
http://ehps.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137%3Ameet-the-expert-2010&catid=1&Itemid=124
Deadline for application: 30^th July, 2010.
For more information visit:
http://ehps.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137%3Ameet-the-expert-2010&catid=1&Itemid=124


Pre Conference Workshops

• CREATE: http://www.ehps.net/create/home.html
• Synergy: http://synergyworkshop.eu

• 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
   

Post Conference Workshops

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Health Related Problems
  Maria Karekla, Ph.D., University of Cyprus

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Synergy workshop 2010 - Beyond talk and text: stretching and enriching qualitative research practice.

What: This interactive workshop will promote ways in which researchers can expand the range of methods used for qualitative research. It will also promote the use of innovative methods for designing qualitative research projects, for approaching data collection and analysis, and reporting research findings.

Who: The workshop will be facilitated by Kerry Chamberlain.

When: Sunday 29th to Tuesday 31st August, 2010.

Where: Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

How to apply: You can apply online at http://synergyworkshop.eu/apply
(note: you need to create a free account at
http://synergyworkshop.eu/new to view and submit the form.)

Deadline for application: 1^st July, 2010.

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CREATE workshop 2010: Computer tailored interventions

What: The goal of this workshop is to learn and to apply basic principles of computer tailoring. As the theoretical frame work we will use an integration of social cognitive models - such as social learning theory, theory of planned behavior, health belief model -- referred to as the Integrated Model of Behavior Change, or the I-Change Model. We will employ a special software package, the Tailored Health Builder. We will work in small groups of 4-5 people and develop and pilot a brief computer tailoring interventions. Specific objectives of the workshop are: 1. to learn the basic principles of setting up a tailoring interventions; 2. to learn the basic principles of developing tailoring algorithms; 3. to develop a small computer tailoring intervention; 4. to pilot and evaluate the computer tailored intervention.

Who: The workshop will be facilitated by Hein de Vries

Where: Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

How to apply: Please fill out the form at www.ehps.net/create/apply.html

Deadline for application: June 15th 2010.
Target group: Early career researchers in the EHPS (PhD students, or Postdocs with a PhD for no longer than 2 years)

For more information visit: www.ehps.net/create