The Importance Of The Wellbeing Of Students

The ability of students to excel in their academic pursuit is dependent on several factors including availability of materials, being in the right frame of mind, healthy and being able to cope with academic stressors. Literature has shown that performance in school, college, or university was found to be affected by many symptoms of depression, such as difficulties in concentration, lack of interest and motivation, preoccupations, fatigability, and poor attendance (Fine & Carlson, 1992). The wellbeing of students is very important as it has been argued that a sound mind lives in a healthy body, thereby highlighting the essence of students’ wellbeing. In line with WHO’s definition of health as “a complete state of physical, mental and social

While some people can deal with such events effectively, others often fail to. Likewise university students also go through a lot of stress. This period is accepted as the time in which various difficulties are faced from academic work to uncertainty of what the future holds; from inter personal relations to romantic relations; from self problems to family issues among others. Research has showed that 75% of college or university students perceive themselves as moderately stressed and 12% as highly stressed (Pierceal & Keim, 2007). However, the focus on the wellbeing of the students seemed to be limited to physical health whilst not much is been done in the area of their psychological wellbeing.

Literature and survey on psychological well-being have advanced over the years since the emergence of the field. Psychological well-being has generally being referred to as how people evaluate their lives in terms of their internal experience and their own perception of their lives. The main focus is on the individual’s momentary and long term state of mental well-being (Dulberg, Joabert & Stephen, 1999). Psychological well-being basically refers to how happy or content one feels with life (Dulberg, Joabert & Stephen,