Mental health and academic attitudes and expectations in university populations: results from the healthy minds study

Mental health problems are highly prevalent in university populations and have been shown to impair academic performance. Yet little is known about the ways in which mental health influences academic outcomes in higher education. This study seeks to offer new insight into the relationship between me...

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Published in:Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) England), 2018-06, Vol.27 (3), p.1-213
Main Authors: Lipson, Sarah Ketchen, Eisenberg, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
College students
Discontent
Health problems
Health status
Higher education
Mental disorders
Mental health
Money
Students
Symptoms
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Summary:Mental health problems are highly prevalent in university populations and have been shown to impair academic performance. Yet little is known about the ways in which mental health influences academic outcomes in higher education. This study seeks to offer new insight into the relationship between mental health and academic performance, focusing on students' academic experience and expectations as interrelated mechanisms. Data come from 3556 students at four campuses that participated in the Healthy Minds Study. We explore unadjusted and multivariable relationships between mental health and academic experiences, expectations and impairment. We find significant differences by mental health status, including that one-in-four students with symptoms are dissatisfied with their academic experience, relative to one-in-ten without (p 
ISSN:0963-8237
1360-0567
DOI:10.1080/09638237.2017.1417567