Mental health in distance learning: a taxonomy of barriers and enablers to student mental wellbeing

Education and Society

06 Jan 2023

Mental health in distance learning: a taxonomy of barriers and enablers to student mental wellbeing

Student mental health is a critical issue in higher education. It is understood that higher education can act to trigger or exacerbate mental 
health difficulties, but research in this area has focused primarily on 
campus environments, identifying stressors such as halls of residence. 
Since distance learning students disclose mental health issues at 
a higher rate than campus students, and completion and progression 
gaps are on a par with the sector, the barriers and enablers to mental 
wellbeing in distance learning must be understood.

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