Division 8: Health Psychology

Welcome to Division 8!

Health psychology focuses on psychological processes that are related to the promotion, maintenance and rehabilitation of health, and the avoidance of and coping with illness (e.g., Matarazzo, 1980). Prominent fields of health psychological research are for example explaining, predicting and changing health-relevant behavior and the coping with stress and illness.

In line with IAAP’s article 1 of its constitution "...to promote the science and practice of applied psychology and to facilitate interaction and communication about applied psychology around the world", Division 8 Health Psychology aims at connecting health psychologists around the world.

Division 8 Board Members

President: Yiqun Gan

President-Elect: John de Wit

Past President: Sonia Lippke

Secretary: Aleksandra Kroemeke

Community Liaison: Chun-Qing Zhang

Division newsletter: Diana Taut

Our division was founded in 1986, the first divisional president was Richard Evans. Division 8 is currently the second largest division of IAAP, our members come from all parts of the world.

On this divisional webpage you will find information on the Executive Committee of the Division, on our activities reported in the divisional annual reports and newsletter inputs and on upcoming conferences.

Support for displaced children from Ukraine

Illustration of children

The story of ‘Olga, Boris and their new friends’ is a therapeutic tale created by more than 20 volunteers to help children refugees cope with their new reality. It is a story of two children and their mother fleeing the war in Ukraine. The book is available online free of charge as an e-book in Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, and English, as well as in an animated form with English subtitles. The originators of this initiative are professor Justyna Ziolkowska from SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Wroclaw, Poland, and professor Dariusz Galasinski from the University of Wroclaw, Poland.

E-Book in Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, and English

Animated video versions of the book: Ukrainian and Russian

Resources

Newsletters

Below are links to our past newsletters to stay up to date on latest activities and work Division 8 is currently doing.

Annual Reports

Annual Report 2016

Annual Report 2015

Instruments

Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS)

The IAS is composed of items describing subjective responses of anxiety (feeling tense, nervous, anxious, or uncomfortable) when confronting a variety of situations involving contingent social interactions, that is, situations in which an individual’s responses are contingent upon the responses of other persons with whom he or she interacts (e. g., a job interview, a conversation with a person of the opposite sex, talking to a teacher or a boss, talking on the telephone).

You could find more information about this instrument in the following link: Datasheet for IAAP Division 6

Get the instrument here:

Scale for Mood Assessment (EVEA)

This scale is also known as Mood Evaluation Scale . This instrument is aimed at assessing current mood, especially in the context of the administration of a mood induction procedure (MIP), but it can be used whenever there is a need to measure transitory moods at any one time.

You could find more information about this instrument in the following link: EVEA - Datasheet for IAAP Division 6

If you want to use this instrument, get it here: