A review of psychological distress among university students: Pervasiveness, implications and potential points of intervention

J Sharp, S Theiler - International Journal for the advancement of …, 2018 - Springer
A review of literature from the past 30 years establishes psychological distress as both a
longstanding and current issue affecting university students worldwide. Poorer academic …

Supporting mental health and wellbeing of university and college students: A systematic review of review-level evidence of interventions

JD Worsley, A Pennington, R Corcoran - PLoS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Aims The review of reviews had three aims:(i) to synthesize the available evidence on
interventions to improve college and university students' mental health and wellbeing;(ii) to …

Mental health and well-being of university students: A bibliometric mapping of the literature

D Hernández-Torrano, L Ibrayeva, J Sparks… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The purpose of this study is to map the literature on mental health and well-being of
university students using metadata extracted from 5,561 journal articles indexed in the Web …

COVID-19 pandemic's disruption on university teaching and learning and competence cultivation: Student evaluation of online learning experiences in Hong Kong

KH Mok, W Xiong… - International Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has forced online teaching and learning to be the
primary instruction format in higher education globally. One of the worrying concerns about …

Mental health, academic self-efficacy and study progress among college students–The SHoT study, Norway

K Grøtan, ER Sund, O Bjerkeset - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Student life can be stressful and for some students it may cause mental distress. Besides
being a major public health challenge, mental distress can influence academic …

Feasibility of a brief online mindfulness and compassion-based intervention to promote mental health among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

M González-García, JC Álvarez, EZ Pérez… - Mindfulness, 2021 - Springer
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a global mental health challenge that has
disrupted the lives of millions of people, with a considerable effect on university students …

The relationship between psychological well-being and psychosocial factors in university students

FM Morales-Rodríguez, I Espigares-López… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Determining what factors influence the psychological well-being of undergraduate university
students may provide valuable information to inform the development of intervention …

Psychological distress in university students: A comparison with general population data

HM Stallman - Australian psychologist, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: While the mental health of university students is recognised internationally as an
important public health issue, more epidemiological data are needed that allows …

Mindfulness, self-compassion, self-efficacy, and gender as predictors of depression, anxiety, stress, and well-being

CK Soysa, CJ Wilcomb - Mindfulness, 2015 - Springer
We examined facets of mindfulness (describing, awareness, non-judging, and non-
reactivity), three dimensions of negative self-compassion (self-judgment, isolation, and …

Negotiating the transition to college: Developmental trajectories and gender differences in psychological functioning, cognitive-affective strategies, and social well …

CS Conley, AC Kirsch, DA Dickson… - Emerging …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The transition to college, which for the majority of youth coincides with the transition to
emerging adulthood, is stressful and disruptive. Using latent growth curve modeling (LGM) …