College Student Self-Care: The Missing Ingredient for Success?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v24i10.7308Keywords:
higher education, mental health, self-care, college students, student successAbstract
College students are experiencing the highest rate of mental health challenges ever in history. This brief report on self-care consisted of nine participants, who were currently attending a public university. Three focus groups were held. Three themes emerged from the data: a.) defining and practicing self-care b.) self-care education and c.) self-care during the COVID pandemic. Since these students never received any formalized education about self-care and because of the college counseling center’ s inability to serve a growing number of students with mental health challenges, the researcher recommends that education institutions devote more time to educating students about self-care.
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