This study explores how religious belief and grit are related to psychological distress caused by COVID-19 among Chinese university students. The Religious Belief Scale, the Grit Scale, and the Pandemic Psychological Distress Scale were administered to 1157 university students selected from 119 comprehensive universities. Results showed that 1)…

Aim: This study explored the relationship between impostor phenomenon (IP), campus connectedness, self-compassion, and mental health among Black female undergraduate students attending an HBCU. Methods: Participants completed study measures via an online survey platform. Results: Linear regression analyses identified statistically significant…

Objective: Less attention has been given to how green space can impact college students' moods. This study aimed to examine whether university students exposed to outdoor and indoor green space-natural and artificial would experience a change in moods compared to students not exposed to green space. Method: Seventy-nine participants were randomly…

A positive caregiver-teacher relationship has the potential to promote student progress. Yet, little is understood about factors contributing to effective caregiver-teacher alliance and team building on behalf of students with autism. Data from randomized controlled trials of a home-school collaborative planning and teacher coaching intervention…

Objective: Explore the relationship between fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in undergraduates. Participants: Undergraduates (N = 655). Methods: Using the Centers for Disease Control's Healthy Days Core Module and National Cancer Institute's (NCI) FV screener, differences in HRQOL between students who had…

Autistic young people often struggle to cope with the daily demands of school and are likelier to experience poorer wellbeing and educational outcomes than their non-autistic peers. Among other factors, this may be because mainstream settings are unsuitable for individuals' sensory needs. Evidence suggests the unpredictable multi-sensory nature of…

This mixed-methods research explored the factors influencing teachers' workplace happiness. The study investigated the mediating role of teachers' work pressure and teaching engagement in the relationship between teachers' self-needs and workplace happiness. It examined the moderating roles of teachers' generation and teaching experience on the…

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home (SAH) orders were instituted to limit geographic movement of the population and decrease the spread of the virus. Parents made decisions about how to keep themselves and their children safe which may have led to differing compliance with SAH orders and affected parenting. Objective: We…

Introduction: Children with Down Syndrome are more likely to experience sleep issues throughout their life compared to typically developing children. Sleep difficulties also affect caregivers, who are at increased risk of sleep disturbances, mood disturbances and poorer wellbeing. However, the impact of poor sleep in this cohort of children on…

This study examines the impact of academic resilience on the engagement of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) pre-service teachers amid the disruption caused by generative AI (GenAI). Using the Conservation of Resources theory as a foundation, we suggest that resilience helps reduce vulnerabilities by influencing how GenAI is perceived--either as…

This study aimed to analyze the effect of blended active method (BAM) on blood pressure (BP) control learning, pretest stress and anxiety, and students' perceptions. With approval from the institutional ethics committee, two freshman Dentistry classes were assigned to either a traditional method (TM; n = 50) or BAM (n = 49) group. All students…

Securing stable, well-paid employment has become increasingly difficult for youth world-wide, negatively affecting their health and wellbeing. In recent years, this job insecurity has been exacerbated by compounding natural, economic, and social disasters. At the same time, young people are increasingly being encouraged to pursue higher education…

In China, with the continuous advancement of urbanization, the size of the migrant population has significantly increased along with the challenging environments faced by them, drawing widespread societal attention to the parenting stress experienced by young children's migrant parents. However, research on the mechanisms underlying the factors…

Mental ill-being among children and adolescents have increased in many high-income countries. The causes for this development are still unclear, but due to the scale of the problem, broader societal changes are likely to contribute. One of the societal level hypotheses -- the "educational stressors hypotheses" -- suggests that the…

The extended duration of screen time associated with online courses may adversely impact the health and wellbeing of college students. This research aimed to investigate the indirect relationship between the duration of online coursework and the wellbeing of college students, considering insomnia and psychological distress as mediating variables,…