MSc in Health and Social Psychology

Health and Social Psychology. The main focus of this specialisation is on understanding how people s personalities, cognitions and social environment influence their health and social functioning. You'll analyse the underlying mechanisms of unhealthy or antisocial behaviour using recent theories and models from various psychological disciplines. And you'll use this knowledge to set up behaviour-change programmes. After completing your master s, you can become a researcher in an academic or applied health setting, or work in communication planning, health promotion or policy-making.