Measuring psychological wellbeing and mental health in university student cohorts

Jacks Bennett; Myles-Jay Linton; Paul Heron; Kieran  Balloo; Clio  Berry; Bridgette  Bewick; Snigdha Dutta; Lisa  Edwards; Juliet  Foster; Maria  Gardani; Anisa  Hosein; Louise  Knowles; Sanjay  Kumar; Margaret  Mclafferty; Mike  Lucock; Dean  McMillan; Lewis  Paton; Sarah  Rees; Kate  Saunders; Elena Sheldon; Michael Barkham; Emma  Broglia; Paul  Tiffin; Ed Watkins; Jo  Worsley; Jo  Ward; Nicola  Byrom; Alyson  Dodd

doi:10.18742/pub01-142

Measuring psychological wellbeing and mental health in university student cohorts

Jacks Bennett, Myles-Jay Linton, Paul Heron^*, Kieran Balloo, Clio Berry, Bridgette Bewick , Snigdha Dutta, Lisa Edwards, Juliet Foster, Maria Gardani, Anisa Hosein, Louise Knowles, Sanjay Kumar, Margaret Mclafferty, Mike Lucock, Dean McMillan , Lewis Paton, Sarah Rees, Kate Saunders, Elena SheldonMichael Barkham , Emma Broglia, Paul Tiffin, Ed Watkins, Jo Worsley, Jo Ward (Publisher), Nicola Byrom (Publisher), Alyson Dodd

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Bristol Medical School (PHS)

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Abstract

• We ran cross-sector consensus groups to provide guidance on the
setup of longitudinal student cohorts.
• Consensus was reached that a core set of areas should be
measured, including: general psychological symptoms, general
wellbeing symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms.
• Consensus groups also recommended a wider set of topics that
commonly affect students which can be measured; for example,
functioning, loneliness, and sleep difficulties.
• Multiple candidate measures for each topic are reported so that
researchers can select the most appropriate measure for their
particular study.
• To help researchers make selections, each candidate measure has
been evaluated against 10 core principles, such as psychometric
properties, and acceptability to students.

Original language	English
Publisher	Kings College London Research Portal
Commissioning body	SMARTEN-The Student Mental Health Research Network
Number of pages	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18742/pub01-142
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2023

Keywords

psychological symptoms; mental health; psychological wellbeing; university; students; depression; anxiety; wellbeing; higher education
mental health
students
wellbeing
university
cohort studies
measurement

UN SDGs

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Bennett, J., Linton, M.-J., Heron, P., Balloo, K., Berry, C., Bewick , B., Dutta, S., Edwards, L., Foster, J., Gardani, M., Hosein, A., Knowles, L., Kumar, S., Mclafferty, M., Lucock, M., McMillan , D., Paton, L., Rees, S., Saunders, K., ... Dodd, A. (2023). Measuring psychological wellbeing and mental health in university student cohorts. Kings College London Research Portal. https://doi.org/10.18742/pub01-142

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