The effects of interventions on the physical and mental health of undergraduate engineering students in North America

Authors

Jillian Prince, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

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Description

Background
• Stress-induced mental illnesses are common in many undergraduate engineering students
• These can include anxiety, depression, lack of motivation, poor self-regulation, and poor sleeping habits
• Ailments such as these result in decreased retention, lower grades, less cognitive understanding of material, and poor physical and mental health

Purpose
To investigate the effects of interventions on the physical and mental health of undergraduate engineering students in North America to determine what interventions are most successful.

Publication Date

2021

Publisher

College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program

City

Fayetteville

Keywords

Expanded Literature Review

Disciplines

Exercise Science | Medicine and Health Sciences | Mental and Social Health

Comments

Advisor:

Kaitlin Gallagher, Ph.D.

Citation

Prince, J. (2021). The effects of interventions on the physical and mental health of undergraduate engineering students in North America. 2021 Honors Symposium. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/coesym21/14