Facebook, Relational Health, and Well-Being in College Students

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Zanardelli ◽  
Robin Demarco ◽  
Jerome Kotecki ◽  
Carol Balk
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Relational Health ◽  
Health And Well Being

scholarly journals Assessing the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nontraditional Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being

2021 ◽  
pp. 074171362110275
Author(s):  
Stephanie J. Babb ◽  
Katrina A. Rufino ◽  
Ruth M. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Nontraditional Students ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Nontraditional Student ◽  
Life Stressors ◽  
Health And Well Being

The current study sought to measure how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental health and well-being of college students, particularly nontraditional students. Participants ( n = 321) completed a series of surveys assessing their level of depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, insomnia, and well-being. Participants also indicated their nontraditional student characteristics, level of resilience, and additional life stressors due to the pandemic. Statistical analyses found that participants reported higher levels of depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and insomnia, with corresponding lower levels of well-being across all students, compared with prepandemic levels. Results showed that while nontraditional students indicated an increased number of life stressors during the pandemic compared with their traditional peers, nontraditional students also demonstrated higher levels of resilience. Nontraditional students appear to be more successful at managing stressful life events due to the increased resilience that comes with age and experience, which can better prepare them to persevere and overcome challenges.

Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Gökmen Arslan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Subjective Vitality ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
Adverse Experiences ◽  
Health And Well Being

Loneliness is a serious risk factor for healthy development and flourishing. Although loneliness has been revealed to play an important role in psychological health and well-being, little is known about moderating and mitigating mechanisms underlying this association, especially during adverse experiences (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic). The current study purposed to explore whether subjective vitality mediated the association of loneliness with psychological adjustment and whether college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on students’ adjustment in the context of loneliness. The study sample comprised 333 undergraduate students (69% female) from a public university in Turkey. They ranged in age between 19 and 41 years (M= 21.94, SD= 4.15). Findings from mediation analysis revealed that loneliness had a significant predictive effect on subjective vitality and psychological adjustment challenges. Subjective vitality also mediated the effect of loneliness on the psychological adjustment of college students. Further, college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on adjustment and had a protective effect on the association between loneliness and subjective vitality in college students. These results indicate that subjective vitality and college belongingness are important mechanisms that may help develop prevention and intervention strategies to foster students’ psychological health and well-being in university settings.

Supporting Students' Mental Health and Academic Success Through Mobile App and IoT

2019 ◽  
pp. 703-719
Author(s):  
Karolina Baras ◽  
Luísa Soares ◽  
Carla Vale Lucas ◽  
Filipa Oliveira ◽  
Norberto Pinto Paulo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Young People ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Health And Well Being

Smartphones have become devices of choice for running studies on health and well-being, especially among young people. When entering college, students often face many challenges, such as adaptation to new situations, establish new interpersonal relationships, heavier workload and shorter deadlines, teamwork assignments and others. In this paper, the results of four studies examining students' well-being and mental health as well as student's perception of challenges and obstacles they face during their academic journey are presented. In addition, a mobile application that acts as a complement to a successful tutoring project implemented at the authors' University is proposed. The application allows students to keep their schedules and deadlines in one place while incorporating virtual tutor features. By using both, the events from the student's calendar and his or her mood indicators, the application sends notifications accordingly. These notifications encompass motivational phrases, time management guidelines, as well as relaxation tips.

Mental Health and Well-Being

2017 ◽  
pp. 21-37
Author(s):  
Jean Mockry ◽  
Melissa Martin ◽  
Alison Puliatte ◽  
Denise A. Simard ◽  
Maureen E. Squires
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
American Life ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Health And Well Being

In this chapter, the authors provide a brief overview of the distinction between flourishing and non-flourishing mental health and well-being for people not diagnosed with a clinical mental disorder. While recognizing that genetics and personality impact the well-being of people, research supports the profound impact of societal constructs in American life. As part of a team of faculty who work with undergraduate students in Teacher Education, the authors feel this distinction is essential to understand as medical issues require diagnostics by people trained in that area. The book's focus is to examine what the college community can do to promote flourishing mental health in its social construction in classrooms, on campus and beyond. Dominant influences for non-flourishing mental health and well-being for college students rest in ideologies, happiness seeking and digitalization within American life, membership in groups that are underrepresented and well-intentioned but enabling parenting that ill prepares children for adult responses in life.

Relational Health, Ethnic Identity, and Well-Being of College Students of Color

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christa K. Schmidt ◽  
Sarah Piontkowski ◽  
Trisha L. Raque-Bogdan ◽  
Kathryn Schaefer Ziemer
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Relational Health

scholarly journals Understanding College Students’ Phone Call Behaviors Towards a Sustainable Mobile Health and Well-Being Solution

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yugyeong Kim ◽  
Sudip Vhaduri ◽  
Christian Poellabauer
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Phone Call ◽  
Health And Well Being

Durante la transición de la escuela secundaria a la vida universitaria en el campus, un estudiante deja su casa y empieza a enfrentarse a enormes cambios en su vida, como cono cer gente nueva, mayores responsabilidades, estar lejos de la familia y retos académicos. Estos cambios provocan un aumento del estrés y la ansiedad, lo que afecta a la salud y el bienestar del estudiante. Con la ayuda de los smartphones y su enriquecida colección de sensores, podemos monitorizar continuamente varios factores que afectan a los patrones de comportamiento de los estudiantes, como las conductas de comunicación asociadas a su salud, bienestar y éxito académico. En este trabajo tratamos de evaluar los patrones de comunicación de los estudian tes universitarios (en términos de duración y frecuencia de las llamadas telefónicas) que varían a través de varios contextos geográficos (por ejemplo, dormitorios, clases, comedores) durante diferentes momentos (por ejemplo, épocas de un día, días de una semana) utilizando técnicas de visualización. Los resultados de este trabajo ayudarán a fomentar el diseño y la realización de intervenciones sanitarias basadas en los teléfonos inteligentes; de este modo, se ayudará a los estudiantes a adaptarse a los distintos cambios en sus vidas.

scholarly journals Fostering University Students’ Engagement in Teamwork and Innovation Behaviors through Game-Based Learning (GBL)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13573
Author(s):  
Pilar Martín-Hernández ◽  
Marta Gil-Lacruz ◽  
Ana I. Gil-Lacruz ◽  
Juan Luis Azkue-Beteta ◽  
Eva M. Lira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Games For Learning ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Do So

Higher Education Instituions (HEIs) should be the driving force behind the training of college students in terms of both hard and soft skills (for example, innovation and teamwork competencies), and they should also do so without neglecting their health and well-being, perhaps more than ever in these complex times of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. Game-based learning (GBL) could be a powerful and useful tool in this regard. There is, however, some controversy surrounding the use of games for learning purposes in higher education institutions, and most of the research done about this issue corresponds to GBL through digital games. Under this background, the main objective of this study was to test the effect of GBL on the intrinsic motivation (IM), teamwork engagement (TWE), team building (TB), teamwork competence (TWC), and innovation behaviors (IWB) of 142 college students of Health Sciences and Social Work. After rehearsing in small groups, the game was tested (T2). Our results obtained through the differential analyses confirmed that undergraduates were more intrinsically motivated, experienced more TWE, TB, and TWC, and developed more IWB than before playing the game (T1). Therefore, the development of core personal skills might be promoted effectively by games in an efficient, engaging, and motivating way.

scholarly journals Adaptasi Siklus Sirkadian Mahasiswa Kedokteran Tingkat Pertama Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sebelas Maret

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Firdaus Lazuardi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Protein Production ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Internal Clock ◽  
Medical Faculty ◽  
Circadian Cycle ◽  
Vital Activity ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Health And Well Being

Circadian cycle or circadian rhythim is the regulation that control the sleep/wake cycle of body. It regulates cycles of alertness and sleepiness by responding to light changes in our environment. This biological circadian cycle has evolved to help our body adapt to changes in our environment like radiation, temperature, and light. The circadian cycle also like internal clock of body that regulates genes and the protein production that regulate various physiological processes throughout our body. Circadian cycle not just change by our environment, but also change by our behavior. Behavior of college students who often sleep late at night can change their circadian cycle, especially for medical students that have to study everyday. Same of medical students from Medical Faculty of Sebelas Maret University also have chage circadian cycle because often sleep late at night. Change of circadian cycle can cause disruptions of the biological rhythims can impair the health and well-being of the organism. Thats because sleep is a vital activity that needs to function properly.

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