Beccaria, Lisa and Rogers, Cath and Burton, Lorelle and Beccaria, Gavin (2016) Role of health-promoting behaviours for on-campus and distance students. Distance Education, 37 (1). pp. 22-40. ISSN 0158-7919
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.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | First place winner for the USQ School-Specific 2016 Publication Excellence Awards for Journal Articles - School of Nursing and Midwifery. Permanent restricted access to Published version, in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Apr 2016 06:24 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Apr 2017 02:16 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | coping, distance education, higher education, health-promoting behaviours, stress, university |
| Fields of Research : | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170103 Educational Psychology 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130305 Educational Counselling |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1080/01587919.2016.1158768 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/29046 |
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