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Promoting Student Wellbeing through Dedicated Units on the Psychological Science of Wellbeing: Rationale, Nature, and Student Evaluations
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Morris, Sue; Cranney, Jacquelyn – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2022
The Complete State model of mental health differentiates between the dimensions of psychiatric disorders and wellbeing. The latter dimension is consistent with educators proactively creating learning-supportive curricular environments by, for example, translating the Basic Needs Satisfaction (BNS) theory into practical curricular strategies. One…
Descriptors: Well Being, Psychology, Health Promotion, Self Management
College Students' Perceptions of Severity and Willingness to Seek Psychological Help For Drug and Alcohol Problems
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Lowinger, Robert Jay – College Student Journal, 2012
A sample of 201 college students were surveyed with respect to their perceptions of severity and willingness to seek psychological help for drug and alcohol problems. Results indicated that students perceive alcohol problems as significantly less serious than drug problems and are significantly less willing to seek help for alcohol problems. Males…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Alcoholism, Student Attitudes, Psychology
Addressing Achievement Gaps with Psychological Interventions
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Yeager, David; Walton, Gregory; Cohen, Geoffrey L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Student psychology--how the classroom looks and feels from the perspective of the student--can powerfully affect motivation and learning, and experiments are increasingly showing that even brief interventions to change psychology can boost achievement over months or years. When paired with other structural reforms, social-psychological…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Psychological Needs, Psychology, Academic Achievement
The Study Experiences of the High Achievers in a Competitive Academic Environment: A Cost of Success?
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Nordmo, Ivar; Samara, Akylina – Issues in Educational Research, 2009
The present paper is a case study that explores the study experiences and possible costs of success for the students accepted into the professional program in psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway. In this highly competitive environment, between 500 and 1000 students compete for 36 places during the introduction year. The study is based…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Psychological Needs, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Teacher Support, Student Motivation, Student Need Satisfaction, and College Teacher Course Evaluations: Testing a Sequential Path Model
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Filak, Vincent F.; Sheldon, Kennon M. – Educational Psychology, 2008
Self-determination theory posits that individuals who have basic psychological needs satisfied while engaging in an activity will be more likely to value and persist in that activity. Scholars in this area have also posited that autonomy-supportive social contexts are top-down determinants of individual need satisfaction. To understand better the…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Student Needs, Psychological Needs, Models
Perceived Stress in Medical, Law, and Graduate Students.
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Heins, Marilyn; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
A survey of medical, law, and chemistry and psychology graduate students' perceived stresses (academic activities, personal relationships, time pressures, and financial concerns) contradicted the expectation that medical students' stress level would be highest. Time restrictions and economic and academic issues produced the highest stress. (MSE)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Anxiety, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis