Mental health in college populations: A multidisciplinary review of what works, evidence gaps, and paths forward

S Abelson, SK Lipson, D Eisenberg - Higher education: Handbook of …, 2022 - Springer
The mental health of students has become one of the top concerns in higher education. The
number of students reporting distress and seeking services has dramatically increased, and …

Cross-Cultural Impacts of COVID-19 on Higher Education Learning and Teaching Practices in Spain, Oman, Nigeria and Cambodia: A Cross-Cultural Study.

J Cifuentes-Faura, DO Obor, L To, I Al-Naabi - Journal of University Teaching …, 2021 - ERIC
Adapting new learning and teaching practices during COVID-19 pandemic has impacted
students' learning in higher education. Using a cross-sectional research methodology, the …

A systematic review of the effect of university positive psychology courses on student psychological wellbeing

C Hobbs, J Armitage, B Hood, S Jelbert - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Educational courses that teach positive psychology interventions as part of university degree
programs are becoming increasingly popular, and could potentially form part of university …

The role of sense of coherence during the COVID-19 crisis: does it exercise a moderating or a mediating effect on university students' wellbeing?

V Kulcar, A Kreh, B Juen, H Siller - Sage Open, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 crisis caused extensive mental health strains. Sense of coherence (SOC) is
considered a protective factor for mental health in crisis that might also be decisive during …

Improving student wellbeing: evidence from a mixed effects design and comparison to normative data

AH Kemp, J Mead, Z Fisher - Teaching of Psychology, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The wellbeing of university students is deteriorating, highlighting a critical role
for institutions to better support student wellbeing. Objective The goal of this work is to …

Evaluation of a credit-bearing online administered happiness course on undergraduates' mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Hobbs, S Jelbert, LR Santos, B Hood - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Psychoeducational courses focused on positive psychology interventions have been shown
to benefit student well-being. However, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and …

Developing future-ready university graduates: Nurturing wellbeing and life skills as well as academic talent

TY Gan, Z Beevi, J Low, PJ Lee, DA Hall - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Higher education is starting to embrace its role in promoting student wellbeing and life skills,
especially given the concerning levels of poor mental health and uncertainties in the future …

Assessing a happiness and wellbeing course in the United Arab Emirates: It is what they want, but is it what they need?

L Lambert, ZA Draper, MA Warren… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Courses that target wellbeing have grown in higher education. Positive Psychology
Interventions (PPIs), the empirically validated activities designed to generate wellbeing, form …

Long-term analysis of a psychoeducational course on university students' mental well-being

C Hobbs, S Jelbert, LR Santos, B Hood - Higher Education, 2024 - Springer
Although many higher educational institute (HEI) psychoeducational courses teaching
positive psychology interventions report benefits to mental well-being upon completion, they …

Measuring the impact of a positive psychology course at a Thai university: Addressing student well‐being in challenging times

I McDonald, A Nanni - Psychology in the Schools, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Even before the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic, researchers had raised concerns about
the mental health of youth worldwide. One response has been the development of positive …