Stand up / Seas Suas: promoting peer awareness, empathy and helping among third level students

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Bernadine Brady, Charlotte Silke, B. Hughes, Jimmy McGovern
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ABSTRACT The changing landscape of higher education and increased prevalence of mental health issues have placed pressure on universities to respond effectively to the needs of an increasingly diverse student body. Whilst higher education institutions provide support services to help students who are encountering difficulties, it often falls to fellow students to offer support. However, peers may lack awareness and knowledge about how to intervene or be reluctant to intervene due to the ‘bystander effect’ that diffuses responsibility for action in group settings. This article describes an initiative called Seas Suas, a programme developed by the Chaplaincy at an Irish university that encourages students to be more aware and observant of challenging issues impacting other students’ academic and personal lives and to equip them with the knowledge and skills to respond appropriately. A mixed methods research design was undertaken to assess outcomes from the programme (N = 193). Findings indicate that students showed higher levels of empathy, social responsibility and confidence in helping others after participating in the Seas Suas programme. The implications of the findings for pastoral care in higher education are discussed.
Stand up / Seas Suas:促进三年级学生的同伴意识、同理心和帮助
高等教育格局的变化和心理健康问题的日益普遍给大学带来了压力,要求它们有效地应对日益多样化的学生群体的需求。虽然高等教育机构提供支持服务来帮助遇到困难的学生,但通常是由同学来提供支持。然而,同伴可能缺乏如何干预的意识和知识,或者不愿意干预,因为“旁观者效应”在群体环境中分散了行动的责任。这篇文章描述了一项名为Seas Suas的倡议,这是一项由爱尔兰一所大学的牧师开发的计划,旨在鼓励学生更加了解和观察影响其他学生学业和个人生活的挑战性问题,并为他们提供适当应对的知识和技能。采用混合方法研究设计来评估该方案的结果(N = 193)。研究结果显示,学生在参与海思学生计划后,表现出更高的同理心、社会责任感和帮助他人的信心。本文还讨论了研究结果对高等教育教牧关怀的启示。
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Pastoral Care in Education
Pastoral Care in Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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