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ERIC Number: EJ1490347
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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EISSN: EISSN-2836-8339
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Creation of an Institutional Plan for Well-Being
Alex Walsh
New England College Journal of Applied Educational Research, v5 n2 p190-202 2025
The incidence of mental health issues such as depression and anxiety are increasing with the college student population, and they can impact students' academic performance. In response, some institutions have adopted a holistic approach to address undergraduate students' wellbeing. Well-being refers to thriving and fulfilling one's potential yet some well-being skills such as gratitude and optimism have also been shown to reduce mental health issues. I created an institutional plan for promoting undergraduate students' well-being that was built on five dimensions of well-being. The dimensions are social (development and maintenance of healthy relationships), physical (behaviors that improve physical health), emotional (ability to understand and effectively process emotions), environmental (quality of the physical spaces and how actions impact them), and financial (use of skills to manage personal finances). Emphasis of the paper is on the process of creating the well-being plan, which relied on collaboration, starting small, aligning evidence-based practices with institutional need, and developing a curricular component. Ideas for rolling out the program to the institution are discussed as well.
New England College. 98 Bridge Street, Henniker, NH 03242. Tel: 603-428-2000; e-mail: jaer@nec.edu; Web site: https://www.nec.edu/research/nec-jaer
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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