Is the health and wellbeing of university students associated with their academic performance? Cross sectional findings from the United Kingdom

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 509-527

  El Ansari, Walid ^a   Stock, Christiane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Gender; Satisfaction; Student health; Teaching and learning; University

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INSOMNIA; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WELLBEING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77949696635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7020509     Document Type: Article

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