University settings: A new frontier for positive education

Abstract

There are few times during students' lives that are as emotionally varied and confusing as the years they spend at university. Oftentimes, these years are filled with excitement and positive change, during which many students discover new interests, meet new friends, and relish a newfound freedom. Yet at the same time these years are a stressful period of life, replete with significant life transitions: The completion of secondary school, living away from home and managing financial pressures for the first time, making new friends, adapting to autonomous learning, forging a potential career path ahead, and perhaps above all, trying to find an identity and purpose in life. It is not unusual f..