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Direct linkAnnie Slease; Dareen Khatib; Teri Lawler; Sabra Collins; Nicole Kennedy; Donna Volpitta; Jason Schofield – American Journal of Health Education, 2025
Background: Youth mental health needs have worsened following COVID-19. Rising demand for school mental health services is straining capacity. Several states have added policies requiring mental health education, yet these vary widely and barriers to operationalization exist. Purpose: This paper explores the onerous landscape of mental health…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Multiple Literacies, Health Education, Middle School Students
Kevin Marks – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how community college student-athletes who reside in the central California area describe how mindfulness training has influenced their psychological well-being. The conceptual framework comprised mindfulness-acceptance and commitment (MAC) to provide the theoretical foundation. MAC…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Athletes, College Athletics, Metacognition
Pam Soto – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem addressed in this study was that social and emotional strategies are not provided at the school level, which affects teachers' mental well-being, causing them to feel occupational burnout. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators have been compelled to adapt to new teaching modalities, contributing to heightened stress…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Burnout, Social Emotional Learning, Mental Health
Download full textKristin Geiser; Victoria Ren; Derric Heck; Albert Lowe – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2023
In the fall of 2021, Redwood City School District (RCSD) placed a full-time, district-employed mental health counselor in each of its twelve schools in order to bolster district capacity to support student mental health and wellbeing. Stanford's John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (Gardner Center) conducted a Year 1…
Descriptors: School Districts, Mental Health, School Health Services, Well Being
Maya Bina N. Vannini; Caitlin L. McLean; Jill E. Bormann; Ariel J. Lang – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To assess the feasibility of a brief, self-guided, Internet-based version of the mantram repetition program (MRP) for undergraduate students, a population with mental health challenges and high reliance on Internet-based resources. Participants: Undergraduate students (n = 60) receiving course credit had a mean age of 20.66 years and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Metacognition, Mental Health, Video Technology
Mariah Kornbluh; Jennfier Wilking; Susan Roll; Robin Donatello – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: The relative high rates of homelessness and housing insecurity among college students has become a public health concern within the U.S. This study explores the relationship between housing instability in relation to academic and mental health outcomes. Participants: College students attending a larger public university (N = 1,416…
Descriptors: Housing, College Students, Mental Health, Student Characteristics
Baur, Joshua – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between working at a campus community garden and student volunteers' wellbeing. Participants: 76 undergraduate students at a large urban university in the San Francisco Bay area. Methods: A Web-based survey was conducted. Using an email mailing list of current and former garden…
Descriptors: Gardening, Health Behavior, Undergraduate Students, Well Being
Wanzi Muruvi; Anna Powell; Yoonjeon Kim; Abby Copeman Petig; Lea J. E. Austin – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2023
Working with young children is intellectually, emotionally, and physically demanding. These challenges are compounded by the inadequate compensation that characterizes the early care and education (ECE) sector and lack of workplace support such as access to health benefits, retirement plans, and time off (Montoya et al., 2022). The cumulative…
Descriptors: Well Being, Early Childhood Teachers, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Kristin Geiser; Elena Elliott; Derric Heck; Kristen Jackson – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2022
Redwood City School District (RCSD) has a long history of attending to the needs of its students and their families, and it has responded to the current incidence of mental health challenges among youth by setting a goal that by June 2024, every student will receive "appropriate social-emotional supports designed to meet their needs. The plan…
Descriptors: School Districts, Mental Health, Health Services, Social Emotional Learning
Paulina Esperanza Huff – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting children's well-being. It is a pervasive disorder observed globally, transcending racial and socioeconomic boundaries. Many children experience the challenges of undiagnosed ADHD, leading to the development of additional mental health conditions, including…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Hispanic Americans, Parents, Children
Kristin Geiser; Victoria Ren; Derric Heck; Albert Lowe – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2023
As the nation transitions from responding to the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to navigating its ongoing impact on youth and their communities, K-12 students continue to experience mental health and wellbeing challenges. In the fall of 2021, Redwood City School District (RCSD) placed a full-time, district-employed mental health counselor in each…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Counseling Services
Chan, Mei-ki; Furlong, Michael J.; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Dowdy, Erin – School Mental Health, 2022
Measures of positive well-being are needed to support the shift away from a deficit-based approach to mental health. This study examined one measure, the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF), as a measure of positive well-being used in school-based mental health monitoring efforts. This study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to explore…
Descriptors: Well Being, High School Students, Mental Health, Multivariate Analysis
Seth J. Schwartz; Beyhan Ertanir; Audrey Harkness; Byron L. Zamboanga; Melissa L. Bessaha; John B. Bartholomew; Alan Meca; Minas Michikyan; Maria Duque; Pablo Montero-Zamora; Claudia López-Madrigal; Linda G. Castillo; Miguel Ángel Cano; Kaveri Subrahmanyam; Brandy Piña-Watson; Pamela Regan; Lindsay S. Ham; Marissa K. Hanson; Charles R. Martinez Jr. – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: We examined the role of personal identity vis-à-vis COVID-related outcomes among college students from seven U.S. campuses during spring/summer 2021. Participants: The present sample consisted of 1,688 students (74.5% female, age range 18-29). The sample was ethnically diverse, and 57.3% were first-generation students. Procedures:…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students, Self Concept
Kristin Geiser; Elena Elliott; Derric Heck; Kristen Jackson – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2022
Redwood City School District (RCSD) has a long history of attending to the needs of its students and their families, and it has responded to this moment of crisis by setting a goal that by June 2024, every student will receive "appropriate social-emotional supports designed to meet their needs." The plan for achieving this goal includes…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health, Health Services
Mariah Kornbluh; Mathew C. Withers; James Ades; Gillian Grennan; Jyoti Mishra – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: This case study examined multi-level social-ecological supports in promoting well-being through college students impacted by one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history. Participants: College students attending a large public university were surveyed (N = 354, M[subscript age] = 22.7, 76.2% female, 61% white).Methods: Measures…
Descriptors: College Students, Fire Protection, Natural Disasters, Well Being
