It’s exam season, one of the most stressful times of year for students, so this month Scholars Portal is shining a spotlight on student mental health, wellness, and coping. Explore the challenges that face young adults in school and in their personal lives, take a deep dive into stress, anxiety, well-being and resilience, and learn more about academic success and achievement through Scholars Portal’s services. For more information, visit the books, journals, and <odesi> platforms.
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Books
- Mental health in Ontario’s post-secondary education system
- Stress and the developing brain
- Resilience and mental health: Challenges across the lifespan
- Mental health care in the college community
- Emerging adulthood: The winding road from the late teens through the twenties
- Hardiness: Turning stressful circumstances into resilient growth
- Adolescent coping: Advances in theory, research and practice
- Serving diverse students in Canadian higher education
- Stress and your health: From vulnerability to resilience
- Achieving student success: Effective student services in Canadian higher education
Journal Articles
- The prevalence and correlates of depression, anxiety, and stress in a sample of college students
- Assessment and instruction preferences and their relationship with test anxiety and learning strategies
- College student stressors: A review of qualitative research
- Don’t be so hard on yourself! Changes in self-compassion during the first year of university are associated with changes in well-being
- Minority status stress: Effect on the psychological and academic functioning of African-American students
- Social support networks, stress, sense of coherence and academic success of university students with learning disabilities
- Stress among higher education students: Towards a research agenda
- Comparing mental health issues among undergraduate and graduate students
- Predictors of academic-related stress in college students: An examination of coping, social support, parenting, and anxiety
- International students in English-speaking universities: Adjustment factors
- Evaluating the relationship between boredom and academic outcomes: A meta-analysis
Datasets
Canadian Community Health Survey, 2012: Mental Health Component
This survey offers a comprehensive look at the mental health status of Canadians (on both illness and positive mental health continuums) through selected disorders and mental health problems. It also includes information about the utilization of mental health care services and supports, and the functioning, ability, or disability of Canadians.
Source: <odesi>, via Statistics Canada
Post-Secondary Student Information System, 1992-2010 [Canada]
This national survey provides detailed information about enrollments and graduates of Canadian post-secondary education institutions, including college age groups, field of study, gender, immigration status, program level, and province of study and residence.