Role of health-promoting behaviours for on-campus and distance students
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Article Title | Role of health-promoting behaviours for on-campus and distance students |
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ERA Journal ID | 20803 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Beccaria, Lisa (Author), Rogers, Cath (Author), Burton, Lorelle (Author) and Beccaria, Gavin (Author) |
Journal Title | Distance Education |
Journal Citation | 37 (1), pp. 22-40 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0158-7919 |
1475-0198 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2016.1158768 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01587919.2016.1158768 |
Abstract | University students are likely to experience high rates of stress, which has the potential to negatively affect academic performance and their experience of study. Research with on-campus students has found positive benefits of health-promoting behaviours such as stress reduction and academic achievement; yet no research has examined these relationships with distance education students (and in comparison with on-campus students). Distance education students are a growing cohort in Australia higher education and elsewhere. This paper aims to redress this imbalance by comparing the relationships between stress, strain and coping, academic outcomes, and health-promoting behaviours in tertiary students (on-campus and distance education students). The study involved 242 on-campus and 399 distance education students at a regional Australian university. A path model was developed comparing both cohorts, and relationships were found to be similar, indicating no significant difference. Online interventions for distance education students which could be used to enhance coping are discussed. |
Keywords | coping, distance education, higher education, health-promoting behaviours, stress, university |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
390404. Educational counselling | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
School of Psychology and Counselling | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q36qx/role-of-health-promoting-behaviours-for-on-campus-and-distance-students
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