Institutional Factors Affecting Postsecondary Student Mental Wellbeing: A Scoping Review of the Canadian Literature
There have been increased calls to address the growing mental health concerns of postsecondary students in Canada. Health promotion focuses on prevention and is needed as part of a comprehensive approach to student mental health support, with an emphasis on not just the individual but also the socio...
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| description | There have been increased calls to address the growing mental health concerns of postsecondary students in Canada. Health promotion focuses on prevention and is needed as part of a comprehensive approach to student mental health support, with an emphasis on not just the individual but also the sociocultural environment of postsecondary institutions. The aim was to conduct a scoping review of the literature pertaining to the associations between postsecondary institutional factors and student wellbeing. The review included a comprehensive search strategy, relevance screening and confirmation, and data charting. Overall, 33 relevant studies were identified. Major findings provide evidence that institutional attitudes, institutional (in)action, perceived campus safety, and campus climate are associated with mental wellbeing, suggesting that campus-wide interventions can benefit from continued monitoring and targeting these measures among student populations. Due to the large variability in reporting and measurement of outcomes, the development of standardized measures for measuring institutional-level factors are needed. Furthermore, institutional participation and scaling up established population-level assessments in Canada that can help systematically collect, evaluate, and compare findings across institutions and detect changes in relevant mental health outcomes through time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edfdb173e01d472091bbf977b5b911f22023-11-19T12:43:23ZengMDPI AGPsych2624-86112023-06-015363064910.3390/psych5030040Institutional Factors Affecting Postsecondary Student Mental Wellbeing: A Scoping Review of the Canadian LiteratureAbhinand Thaivalappil0Jillian Stringer1Alison Burnett2Andrew Papadopoulos3Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaVaccarino Centre for Student Wellness, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 4Z8, CanadaDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaThere have been increased calls to address the growing mental health concerns of postsecondary students in Canada. Health promotion focuses on prevention and is needed as part of a comprehensive approach to student mental health support, with an emphasis on not just the individual but also the sociocultural environment of postsecondary institutions. The aim was to conduct a scoping review of the literature pertaining to the associations between postsecondary institutional factors and student wellbeing. The review included a comprehensive search strategy, relevance screening and confirmation, and data charting. Overall, 33 relevant studies were identified. Major findings provide evidence that institutional attitudes, institutional (in)action, perceived campus safety, and campus climate are associated with mental wellbeing, suggesting that campus-wide interventions can benefit from continued monitoring and targeting these measures among student populations. Due to the large variability in reporting and measurement of outcomes, the development of standardized measures for measuring institutional-level factors are needed. Furthermore, institutional participation and scaling up established population-level assessments in Canada that can help systematically collect, evaluate, and compare findings across institutions and detect changes in relevant mental health outcomes through time.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8611/5/3/40campushigher educationhealth promotionstudent wellnessstudents |
| spellingShingle | Abhinand Thaivalappil Jillian Stringer Alison Burnett Andrew Papadopoulos Institutional Factors Affecting Postsecondary Student Mental Wellbeing: A Scoping Review of the Canadian Literature Psych campus higher education health promotion student wellness students |
| title | Institutional Factors Affecting Postsecondary Student Mental Wellbeing: A Scoping Review of the Canadian Literature |
| title_full | Institutional Factors Affecting Postsecondary Student Mental Wellbeing: A Scoping Review of the Canadian Literature |
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| title_short | Institutional Factors Affecting Postsecondary Student Mental Wellbeing: A Scoping Review of the Canadian Literature |
| title_sort | institutional factors affecting postsecondary student mental wellbeing a scoping review of the canadian literature |
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