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16 Citations
5,304 Views
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A Non-Randomised Controlled Study of Interventions Embedded in the Curriculum to Improve Student Wellbeing at University

  • Rebecca Upsher,
  • Zephyr Percy,
  • Anna Nobili,
  • Juliet Foster and ,
  • Gareth Hughes and
  • Nicola Byrom
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 September 2022

Universal and preventative interventions are advocated via the curriculum and pedagogy to help overcome the increasing prevalence of poor mental health among university students. To date, the literature in this field is overall of poor quality and ca...

(This article belongs to the Section Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,429 Views
18 Pages

6 January 2026

Universities face a dual challenge: supporting student mental health while equipping staff to respond effectively. To address this, we co-designed and embedded the “You Matter, Prioritize Your Wellbeing” intervention within the university...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
10,164 Views
16 Pages

Inclusion or Isolation? Differential Student Experiences of Independent Learning and Wellbeing in Higher Education

  • Susan J. Wilbraham,
  • Emma Jones,
  • Liz Brewster,
  • Michael Priestley and ,
  • Emma Broglia,
  • Gareth Hughes and
  • Leigh Spanner
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Independent learning is frequently identified as instrumental to student success within higher education. Although there is a significant body of literature demonstrating the importance of independent learning for retention and progression, to date,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Addressing Mental Health and Well-Being in Higher Education: Insights from Educational Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
11,583 Views
18 Pages

Students at the tertiary education level in Australia are at increased risk of experiencing high levels of psychological distress, with international students at particularly high risk for poor adjustment. As mental health and wellbeing strongly corr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Contribution of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing Literacy)
  • Entry
  • Open Access
1,672 Views
15 Pages

Doctoral Student Wellbeing: Conceptualization, Challenges and Pathways Forward

  • Inmaculada Martínez-García,
  • Hans De Witte,
  • Francisco Javier Cano-García and
  • Jesús García-Martínez

Doctoral student wellbeing refers to the perceived state of psychological, physical, and social health experienced by a person during the process of completing a doctoral thesis. From a eudaimonic and salutogenic perspective, this construct goes beyo...

(This article belongs to the Collection Doctoral Supervision)
  • Article
  • Open Access
742 Views
35 Pages

Mindful pedagogy integrates a mindful approach in the classroom to support learning, creativity, and wellbeing using formal meditative practice or informal subject-related mindful practice or both. Since 2019, Mindful Kitchen Health and Wellbeing for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pedagogy of Wellbeing in Higher Education: Innovating Educational Practice to Support Student Mental Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,356 Views
20 Pages

Navigating the University Transition: The Role of Social Media in Student Wellbeing and Adjustment

  • Jacob Conor Cunningham-Bell,
  • Sascha Ransley,
  • Simran Brar,
  • Maria Limniou and ,
  • Munira Raja and
  • Caroline Hands
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The transition to university is a critical period of academic, social, and emotional adjustment. Social media plays a central yet complex role, offering opportunities for connection while also posing risks to wellbeing, productivity, and social integ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,073 Views
11 Pages

Teacher Violence and Student Wellbeing in Rural Sierra Leone: Longitudinal Dynamics Across Primary Schooling

  • Giulio D’Urso,
  • Jennifer Symonds,
  • Seaneen Sloan,
  • Daniel Capistrano and ,
  • Elena Samonova,
  • Dympna Devine and
  • Ciaran Sugrue
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 November 2024

This study explored the longitudinal dynamics of teacher violence and student wellbeing in rural Sierra Leone, West Africa. The participants, totaling 3170 children with an age range of 5 years to 11 years, were cluster-sampled from a large geographi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Psychological Research on Sexual and Social Relationships)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
12,170 Views
13 Pages

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is purposely elicited by some individuals to promote health and mental wellbeing. The aim of the current study was to explore how ASMR is used and its perceived benefits in a student population. We employed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health and Health Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,857 Views
17 Pages

Background. Students often face high levels of mental distress, which can adversely affect their academic performance and overall wellbeing. While forest bathing, as a nature-based solution (NBS), has recognized benefits for mental wellbeing, its spe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
879 Views
24 Pages

2 September 2026

Campus climate surveys are widely administered in higher education, but their results are rarely integrated into student-success analytics. This study examines negative campus climate as an institutional risk indicator for academic satisfaction, inte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,471 Views
27 Pages

19 March 2025

The rapid changes in today’s world pose a great challenge to student well-being, especially in secondary school, where age-related transitions occur. Many school systems have recognized the importance of fostering both academic achievement and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,815 Views
12 Pages

18 October 2023

The health and well-being of university students is a priority agenda, given the need to advance health in the university system and the United Nations Sustainability Development Goal regarding quality and inclusive education. However, current litera...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Higher Education Research: Challenges and Practices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,003 Views
11 Pages

8 September 2023

(1) Background: There are increasing numbers of doctoral students globally. Poor mental health and well-being among university students, including doctoral students, is a growing concern globally, not least in this post-pandemic era. Engaging in a ra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health of College Students in the Post-pandemic Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,972 Views
21 Pages

10 December 2023

Mindful learning is widely known to improve learning outcomes, yet its association with students’ well-being remains unexplored. This study aimed to investigate the impact of mindful learning on subjective well-being (SWB) and psychological wel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wellbeing and Mental Health among Students)
  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
24,049 Views
26 Pages

Self-Regulation and Students Well-Being: A Systematic Review 2010–2020

  • Susana Rodríguez,
  • Rocío González-Suárez,
  • Tania Vieites,
  • Isabel Piñeiro and
  • Fátima M. Díaz-Freire

18 February 2022

In recent years, there has been particular interest in studying the relationship between student self-regulation and variables such as students’ well-being, satisfaction, and school engagement. Although in other fields such as healthcare, self-...

(This article belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,033 Views
23 Pages

Quality of life and mental health are topics under discussion in the university environment that pose new educational challenges. Public policy in Chile establishes the need to track students who are starting university and who could find themselves...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Psychological Features, Music, and Well-Being: Theories and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
90 Citations
14,280 Views
9 Pages

Psychological Distress and Well-Being among Students of Health Disciplines: The Importance of Academic Satisfaction

  • Jessica Franzen,
  • Françoise Jermann,
  • Paolo Ghisletta,
  • Serge Rudaz and ,
  • Guido Bondolfi and
  • Nguyen Toan Tran
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Background: Research on the mental health of students in health disciplines mainly focuses on psychological distress and nursing and medical students. This study aimed to investigate the psychological well-being and distress and related factors among...

(This article belongs to the Section Mental Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
651 Views
19 Pages

Qualitative Well-Being Narratives of Lower-Primary Teacher Education Students: The Quiet Companion

  • Ferenc Pozsonyi,
  • Hijjatul Qamariah,
  • Kálmán Sántha and
  • Mária Hercz

Teacher shortages across Europe have intensified attention toward the preparation of future educators. The development of teacher education has been the focus of research for decades; however, these investigations have been dominated by the examinati...

(This article belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
10,382 Views
13 Pages

Mental Wellbeing of Indonesian Students: Mean Comparison with UK Students and Relationships with Self-Compassion and Academic Engagement

  • Yasuhiro Kotera,
  • Jenai Lieu,
  • Ann Kirkman,
  • Kristian Barnes and ,
  • Gillian H. T. Liu,
  • Jessica Jackson,
  • Juliet Wilkes and
  • Riswani Riswani
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The number of Indonesian students in higher education has been increasing rapidly. However, many Indonesian university students report experiencing mental distress. Research on student wellbeing found that self-compassion (i.e., being kind towards on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health Matters: From Cross-Cultural Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,214 Views
19 Pages

While much of the research suggests that quality relationships and supportive campus environments shape well-being in college, racialized experiences can moderate the effort students put into their academic and well-being endeavors. However, our unde...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Familial and Relational Influences on College Outcomes among Minoritized Students)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,481 Views
16 Pages

Background: South African university students face escalating levels of psychological distress driven by academic overload, financial precarity, and social challenges. Health professions students are particularly vulnerable due to the demanding natur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,428 Views
33 Pages

A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Wellbeing Programme Designed for Undergraduate Students: Exploring Participants’ Experiences Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

  • Maria-Christina Vourda,
  • Jess Collins,
  • Radhika Kandaswamy,
  • Mário Cesar do Nascimento Bevilaqua and ,
  • Carolina Kralj,
  • Zephyr Percy,
  • Naomi Strauss,
  • Patricia A. Zunszain and
  • Gisele P. Dias
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

The mental health struggles of university students have been the focus of a substantial amount of research worldwide. To tackle this, universities have developed initiatives to promote student wellbeing. Here, we highlight Time to Thrive (TTT), a co-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Addressing Mental Health and Well-Being in Higher Education: Insights from Educational Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,053 Views
15 Pages

10 October 2024

This study aims to explore the factors that influence the well-being situation of doctoral students in education from a qualitative perspective and draws on the ecological systems theory as an overarching framework. A total of 18 doctoral students in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Educator Well-Being and Resilience: Paradigms, Pathways, and Possibilities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
310 Citations
41,341 Views
12 Pages

Psychological Wellbeing and Academic Experience of University Students in Australia during COVID-19

  • Rachael H. Dodd,
  • Kevin Dadaczynski,
  • Orkan Okan,
  • Kirsten J. McCaffery and
  • Kristen Pickles

COVID-19 has created significant challenges for higher education institutions and major disruptions in teaching and learning. To explore the psychological wellbeing of domestic and international university students during the COVID-19 pandemic, an on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,441 Views
17 Pages

The Indirect Role of Emotions in University Students’ Psychological Well-Being

  • M. Graça Pereira,
  • Raquel Guimarães,
  • Ana Cristina Bernardo and
  • Margarida Vilaça

Mental health difficulties in university students are an increasing concern, especially after the COVID-19 global crisis. This study used a cross-sectional design to analyze the effect of psychological factors on students’ psychological well-be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Addressing Mental Health and Well-Being in Higher Education: Collaborative Insights from Education, Psychology, and the Learning Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,331 Views
22 Pages

Teacher well-being is not only relevant for the effectiveness of individual teaching and student learning but also for general school quality and societal functioning, because teacher well-being is related to lower burnout risks and lower attrition....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Teachers' Well-Being at Work and Quality of Life)
  • Article
  • Open Access
218 Views
19 Pages

University students face sustained academic demands that can compromise engagement and positive mental health, underscoring the need to identify modifiable everyday strategies that support health promotion in higher education. Drawing on Study Demand...

(This article belongs to the Section Behavioral and Mental Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,361 Views
17 Pages

10 March 2025

Mental well-being is an integral part of university students’ overall well-being, and has been a matter of increasing concern in the UK. The main purpose of this study was to examine the subjective well-being of first-year university students i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
163 Citations
34,700 Views
21 Pages

The Relationship between Psychological Well-Being and Psychosocial Factors in University Students

  • Francisco Manuel Morales-Rodríguez,
  • Isabel Espigares-López,
  • Ted Brown and
  • José Manuel Pérez-Mármol

Determining what factors influence the psychological well-being of undergraduate university students may provide valuable information to inform the development of intervention programs and targeted learning activities. The objective of this study was...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mental Health and Well-Being in Adolescence: Environment and Behavior)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,205 Views
17 Pages

There has been a preponderance of studies on student mental health, wellbeing and flourishing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Few studies have compared data on student mental health and wellbeing before and during the pandemic. The purpose of the curre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue University Students' Health and Academic Achievement)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,012 Views
17 Pages

College students face unique challenges that the consequences of COVID-19 might aggravate. To explore the pandemic’s consequences on college students’ well-being, we conducted an online survey with 634 students from a private university i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Well-Being and Health in Education: Challenges, Chances, and Change)
  • Article
  • Open Access
398 Views
21 Pages

Academic Well-Being as Transition Work: First-Semester Students’ Navigation in a Problem-Based Learning University

  • Pernille Nielsen,
  • Xiangyun Du,
  • Yasmin Belal Abouarabi,
  • Clara Bender and ,
  • Lars Domino Østergaard,
  • Trine Fink,
  • Juebei Chen and
  • Søren Hansen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

12 September 2026

Academic well-being is often examined as an individual condition or support need, but less is known about how students construct well-being during transition into demanding pedagogical environments. This qualitative study explores how first-semester...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fostering Student Wellbeing to Enable Educational Success)
  • Article
  • Open Access
101 Citations
16,863 Views
13 Pages

Health and Well-Being of International University Students, and Comparison with Domestic Students, in Tasmania, Australia

  • Sarah Skromanis,
  • Nick Cooling,
  • Bryan Rodgers,
  • Terry Purton and ,
  • Frances Fan,
  • Heather Bridgman,
  • Keith Harris,
  • Jennifer Presser and
  • Jonathan Mond
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

International students comprise an increasingly larger proportion of higher education students globally. Empirical evidence about the health and well-being of these students is, however, limited. We sought to examine the health and well-being of inte...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,289 Views
47 Pages

Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Implement the Psychological Well-Being of Nursing Students: A Scoping Review

  • Milena Consorte,
  • Elena Morotti,
  • Fabio Nanni,
  • Alessandro Giannandrea and ,
  • Stefano Benini and
  • Monica Martoni
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Background/Objectives: Mindfulness is a meditative practice that increases levels of awareness and attention. Introducing this practice into the curricula of nursing students could improve the relationship with patients and promote students’ we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategies and Interventions for Supporting the Holistic Well-Being of Clinicians and Nurses)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,650 Views
25 Pages

8 January 2025

University student wellbeing, viewed as a crucial factor for academic achievement, has become a significant concern for educational systems worldwide due to the growing incidence of students with increased stress and emotional health problems. Adopti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Stress Management and Student Well-Being)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,333 Views
20 Pages

Examining the Effects of Horticulture-Based Interventions on Students’ Well-Being: A Systematic Review

  • Paul Shing-fong Chan,
  • Joseph Kawuki,
  • Mythily Subramaniam,
  • Elizabeth Broadbent and ,
  • Esther Yuet Ying Lau and
  • Kelvin Fai Hong Lui
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Student well-being, encompassing mental, social, cognitive, and behavioral domains, is increasingly compromised by academic stress, social isolation, and sedentary lifestyles. Horticulture-based interventions (HBIs), involving plant-based activities,...

(This article belongs to the Section Education and Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,228 Views
16 Pages

Characteristics of Academic Adaptation and Subjective Well-Being in University Students with Chronic Diseases

  • Rail M. Shamionov,
  • Marina V. Grigoryeva,
  • Elena S. Grinina and
  • Aleksey V. Sozonnik

Studying academic adaptation and subjective well-being in students with chronic diseases can help to explain psychological compensatory mechanisms and help with the development of socio-psychological support programs. It is supposed that the defining...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cares in the Age of Communication: Health Education and Healthy Lifestyles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,066 Views
17 Pages

30 October 2024

Despite supervisors playing a crucial role in the cultivation of postgraduate students, the impact of supervisors’ leadership on postgraduate students’ well-being is poorly understood. Based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT), this study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Positive Psychology Interventions in Schools)
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
20,095 Views
13 Pages

Academic Perfectionism, Psychological Well-Being, and Suicidal Ideation in College Students

  • Olga Fernández-García,
  • María Dolores Gil-Llario,
  • Jesús Castro-Calvo,
  • Vicente Morell-Mengual and ,
  • Rafael Ballester-Arnal and
  • Verónica Estruch-García
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

High levels of perfectionism in college students can compromise their academic performance and psychological well-being. This study aims to analyze the implication of perfectionism in psychological well-being and suicidal ideation in the last year. A...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vulnerable Communities and Public Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,742 Views
13 Pages

13 August 2021

The purpose of this study is to develop a tool that can measure the educational well-being of elementary school students and to analyze the fit of the developed instrument. The measurement tool was based on four levels which include: (1) parents’ sup...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Child and Adolescent Health: Challenges and Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,719 Views
16 Pages

29 November 2024

The students of the world face well-being-related issues due to tight competition among the students of higher educational institutions. The existing research suggests that sustainability education is helpful to enhance student well-being. To explore...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,893 Views
19 Pages

A Systems Approach to Examining PhD Students’ Well-Being: An Australian Case

  • Nina Dhirasasna,
  • Emiliya Suprun,
  • Stefen MacAskill,
  • Mehdi Hafezi and
  • Oz Sahin

23 February 2021

Previous research regarding PhD students’ well-being (PhD-WB) has lacked a comprehensive and systemic analysis. This research engages with a systems approach to examine the multiple variables, including feedback mechanisms, which influence PhD-WB ove...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,372 Views
16 Pages

17 January 2025

Background/Objectives: Academic libraries offer a range of activities and initiatives for their students and community users. However, wellbeing, as a concept in academic libraries, is not very well defined and is poorly understood. The objective of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Caring for the Mental Health of Higher Education Students: Coping Strategies and Well-Being Support)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,672 Views
12 Pages

6 September 2023

This qualitative study investigates teachers’ and students’ conceptualization of well-being at an Islamic higher education institution in Indonesia. Drawing on a constructivist research design, data for this study were collected via inter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rethinking Islamic Education: Challenges and Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,522 Views
12 Pages

Erasmus+ Program and Nursing Students’ Sense of Coherence, Well-Being, and School Success

  • Ivica Matić,
  • Biljana Kurtović,
  • Adriano Friganović and
  • Cecilija Rotim

Background: An international exchange program is an increasing phenomenon across Europe. Any opportunity for students to work or study abroad whilst undertaking their degree program could have a positive impact on their well-being, professional devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,409 Views
17 Pages

Conserve My Village—Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish Students’ Valued Landscapes and Well-Being

  • Eija Yli-Panula,
  • Eila Jeronen,
  • Eila Matikainen and
  • Christel Persson

7 January 2022

In the context of landscape, both the natural environment and the built environment can be linked with human health and well-being. This connection has been studied among adults, but no research has been conducted on young people. To fill this gap, t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Biology, Geography and Interdisciplinary Studies and Sustainable Pedagogies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
16,592 Views
23 Pages

Analysis of Well-Being and Anxiety among University Students

  • Luis Felipe Dias Lopes,
  • Bianca Michels Chaves,
  • Adriane Fabrício,
  • Adriana Porto and ,
  • Damiana Machado de Almeida,
  • Sandra Leonara Obregon,
  • Mauren Pimentel Lima,
  • Wesley Vieira da Silva,
  • Maria Emilia Camargo and
  • Vânia Medianeira Flores Costa
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

This article aims to interrelate dimensions of the well-being validation instruments proposed by Watson, Clark and Tellegen (PANAS) with generalized anxiety dimensions proposed by Spitzer et al. (GAD-7) and state-trait anxiety inventories proposed by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,584 Views
16 Pages

COVID-19-related school closures caused unprecedented and prolonged disruption to daily life, education, and social and physical activities. This disruption in the life course affected the well-being of students from different age groups. This study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue During and after COVID-19: Challenges and Paths for Psychosocial Well-Being of Young People)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,749 Views
19 Pages

15 August 2025

Participating in archaeological activities is considered to have the potential to improve participants’ social and psychological well-being. Through a case study, we investigated whether this would also be the case with students participating i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress in Heritage Education: Evolving Techniques and Methods)

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