Student Experience and Its Relationship with Campus Mental Well-Being

Area of Science:

• Higher Education Research
• Public Health
• Psychology

Background:

• Student mental well-being is a critical concern in higher education.
• Existing frameworks often lack a comprehensive approach to socioeconomic influences on student mental health.
• Antonovsky's salutogenic health logic provides a valuable lens for understanding health resilience.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop a generalizable Campus Mental Well-being Sense of Coherence Framework.
• To classify socioeconomic status (SES) variables using Antonovsky's salutogenic health logic (Generalized Resistance Resources - GRRs and Specific Resistance Resources - SRRs).
• To map these SES variables to the Information Infrastructure to Experience Framework (IEF) for actionable insights.

Main Methods:

• A conceptual framework development approach.
• Classification of SES variables based on salutogenic health principles (GRRs and SRRs).
• Integration with the Information Infrastructure to Experience Framework (IEF).

Main Results:

• A novel framework linking SES, sense of coherence, and student experience.
• Identification of key GRRs and SRRs within the campus environment relevant to mental well-being.
• A structured approach to understanding how information infrastructure influences student experience and mental health.

Conclusions:

• The proposed framework offers a generalizable model for improving campus mental well-being.
• Understanding and leveraging SES variables through a salutogenic lens can enhance student support systems.
• The IEF provides a practical pathway for implementing interventions informed by the framework.