Feeling Healthy? A Survey of Physical and Psychological Wellbeing of Students from Seven Universities in the UK
| Autor: | Sherrill Snelgrove, Shân Davies, Christiane Stock, Andi Mabhala, Ceri Phillips, Jill John, Sian Parke, Pat Deeny, Mary Stoate, Xiaoling Hu, Hamed Ademola Adetunji, Walid El Ansari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Gerontology Adolescent Health Status Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Applied psychology lcsh:Medicine Northern ireland Disease cluster Article RC1200 Psychological health Young Adult Health problems Social support Surveys and Questionnaires gender Humans Medicine university students Students burdens and stressors media_common business.industry lcsh:R Stressor psychological wellbeing Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support United Kingdom psychosomatic Health promotion physical health social support Socioeconomic Factors Feeling Quality of Life Female business |
| Zdroj: | El Ansari, W, Stock, C, Snelgrove, S, Hu, X, Parke, S, Davies, S, John, J, Adetunij, H, Stoate, M, Deeny, P, Phillips, C & Mabhala, A 2011, ' Feeling healthy? A survey of physical and psychological wellbeing of students from seven universities in the UK ', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 8, pp. 1308-1323 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8051308 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 8, Iss 5, Pp 1308-1323 (2011) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 8; Issue 5; Pages: 1308-1323 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph8051308 |
| Popis: | University students’ physical and psychological health and wellbeing are important and comprise many variables. This study assessed perceived health status in addition to a range of physical and psychological wellbeing indicators of 3,706 undergraduate students from seven universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We compared differences in these variables across males and females, and across the participating universities. The data was collected in 2007–2008. A self-administered questionnaire assessed socio-demographic information (e.g., gender, age), self-reported physical and psychological health data, as well as questions on health awareness, health service use, social support, burdens and stressors and university study related questions. While females generally reported more health problems and psychological burdens, male students felt that they received/had fewer persons to depend on for social support. The comparisons of health and wellbeing variables across the different universities suggested some evidence of ‘clustering’ of the variables under study, whereby favourable situations would be exhibited by a cluster of the variables that is encountered at some universities; and conversely, the clustering of less favourable variables as exhibited at other universities. We conclude that the level of health complaints and psychological problems/burdens is relatively high and calls for increased awareness of university administrators, leaders and policy makers to the health and well-being needs of their students. The observed clustering effects also indicated the need for local (university-specific) health and wellbeing profiles as basis and guidance for relevant health promotion programmes at universities. |
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