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Measuring, monitoring and managing the psychological well-being of first year university students.
- Source :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling; Nov2006, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p505-517, 13p, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This paper profiles the psychological well-being of students in their initial year of university. There were three aims: to measure the impact of arrival at university on the psychological well-being of first year students, to monitor (i.e. profile) the shape of psychological well-being across the first year, and to investigate how students manage their well-being in relation to the use of university counselling services. Data were collected on four occasions, with 84% of all first year students at a UK university (4,699 students) completing the questionnaire on at least one occasion. Psychological well-being was assessed using the GP-CORE, a general population form of the CORE-OM. Results show that greater strain is placed on well-being once students start university compared to levels preceding entry. This strain rises and falls across the year but does not return to pre-university levels. Items tapping depression and anxiety suggest that the first year of university is a time of heightened anxiety but not a particularly depressive time. The findings are discussed in relation to students’ experience of higher education and how to match student needs with university counselling service provision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03069885
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22897493
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03069880600942624