This chapter focuses on the research on wellbeing related to children and youth. Several definitions of these subjective aspects of quality of life are discussed in relation to children of pre-school age, elementary school age, middle-school age, adolescents, and college students. There are at ...
Eldadi, ♂30,Elinkine: Everyone would like to stay at home and find a job but it is the lack of means and the other sacrifices we make that push us into this (i.e. into migrating). (…) Now our younger brothers who are students and our older brothers are counting on us who hav...
A wellbeing approach also benefits from being informed by theory and empirical research on the factors that promote or threaten child development in different domains” (Dawes, 2006: 7 quotes Huston, 2002). The rights-based approach state that entitlements for children should be equal, which ...
‘safety’ was a priority for international students and their families. This included feeling safe, physical safety (e.g., low crime rates, lack of transport, dark/empty streets) and the type of accommodation (e.g., the perception that apartments are safer when not ...
Essentially, this means that introverted individuals (and other sensitive members of society) existing within WEIRD cultures may experience a poor fit with their wider cultural context. Indeed, studies suggest that introverted students feel out of place in extravert-centric classrooms (Davidson et al....
Work with the parent community closely for the well-being of students We do not have control over external factors or things that happen outside the school environment. The promotion of mental well-being may at times conflict with other school priorities however we all need to be consciously ...
Individuals needed to have qualified for On-going Resource Scheme (ORS) funding with regard to hearing, vision, or physical needs for inclusion. This scheme provides educational support for students to enable participation in the school system. Researchers visited participants in their homes or schools...
Determining the feasibility and effectiveness of brief online mindfulness training for rural medical students: a pilot study. BMC Med Educ. 2020;20(1):1–2. Article Google Scholar Kabat-Zinn J. Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. Hyperion. 1994. Kabat-...
Medical students have reported facing unique challenges in their academic journey that can have a significant impact on their mental health and wellbeing; therefore, their access to support services and wellbeing resources has been deemed crucial for dea
The Decode Mental Health and Wellbeing Program (Decode) is a novel and innovative mental health literacy program for teachers and students that harnesses the power of social media platform-style content delivery and lived experience influencers to engage young people. Using a multi-site, multi-...