Health psychology deals with the relationship between psychological processes and health and illness. Areas of current faculty interest include Type A behavior, cardiovascular risk fac- tors in children and adults, hypertension, pain, headache, coping with illness, effects of social support on illness, and the effects of life stress on illness. Jasper Brener, Ronald Friend, Edward Katkin, Marci Lobel, John Neale, Arthur Stone, Gerdi Weidner, Camille Wortman, Paul Wortman. The Psychology Department is home to a wide range of nationally recognized research on close relationships. Many of these studies examine the deve- lopment and course of relationships over years and across generations.
Research groups studying relationships regularly hold joint meetings to share results.
A colloquium series brings experts in relationships from various disciplines to speak to the group several times each year. Coursework and research opportunities are open to all students. In addition, groups of students and faculty regularly attend national research meetings. As a result, many have developed working relationships with research groups at other universities. Psychophysiology is the branch of psychology concerned with the relationship between behavior and physiology.