Measuring, Monitoring and Managing the Psychological Well-Being of First Year University Students

Autor/inn/en	Cooke, Richard; Bewick, Bridgette M.; Barkham, Michael; Bradley, Margaret; Audin, Kerry
Titel	Measuring, Monitoring and Managing the Psychological Well-Being of First Year University Students
Quelle	In: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 34 (2006) 4, S. 505-517Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0306-9885
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Student Needs; Psychology; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Well Being; College Freshmen; Student Adjustment; Counseling Services; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Higher Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Angst; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Studienanfänger; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Ausland; Fragebogen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Großbritannien
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. (Contains 3 tables, 2 figures and 1 note.) (Author).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10