How universities can enhance student mental wellbeing: the student perspective
How universities can enhance student mental wellbeing: the student perspective
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DOI：
10.1080/07294360.2019.1576596
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发表时间：
2019-06-07
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Brooker, Abi
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作者：
Baik, Chi;Larcombe, Wendy;Brooker, Abi
大学生心理健康问题日益普遍且严重，对于大学及其更广泛的社区来说是一个关键问题。然而，人们对大学环境中压力源的看法以及大学可以采取哪些措施来更好地支持学生的心理健康却知之甚少。本文报道了一项研究，该研究收集并分析了 2776 名学生对以下问题的回答：可以采取哪些措施来改善学生的福祉？学生们提出了不同的建议，分为七类：学术教师和教学实践；学生服务和支持；环境、文化和沟通；课程设计；计划管理；评估;和学生社团活动。我们的研究结果为大学教育工作者和管理人员提供了重要的见解，让他们了解他们在更好地支持学生福祉和防止心理困扰高发方面可以发挥的作用。我们认为，寻求学生建议并采取行动的过程可以培养学生的包容感和赋权感，这一点至关重要，因为改善学生心理健康的目标只能通过学生和机构行为者之间的有效伙伴关系来实现。
The growing prevalence and severity of mental health difficulties across university student populations is a critical issue for universities and their wider communities. Yet little is known about student perspectives on the stressors in university environments and the steps that universities could take to better support student mental wellbeing. This article reports on a study that collected and analyzed 2776 student responses to the question: What can be done to improve student wellbeing? Students made diverse recommendations that fell into seven categories: Academic teachers and teaching practices; student services and support; environment, culture and communication; course design; program administration; assessment; and student society activities. The findings from our study offer important insight to university educators and administrators about the role they can play in better supporting student wellbeing and preventing the high rates of psychological distress. We argue that the process of seeking and acting on students' suggestions fosters students' sense of inclusion and empowerment, and this is critical given that the goal of improving student mental wellbeing can only be achieved through an effective partnership between students and institutional actors.