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The mental wellbeing of engineering students: a scoping review protool. [Protocol]

Tait, Jo-Anne; Alexander, Lyndsay; Hancock, Elizabeth; Bisset, Judith

Authors

Elizabeth Hancock

Judith Bisset



Abstract

The mental wellbeing (MW) of higher education students is a subject that has increased in visibility in recent years. In 2010, a systematic review looking at mental health in students worldwide highlighted that student mental health is poorer than the general population. In a UK survey, 20% of students considered themselves to have poor MW with 13% reporting suicidal thoughts, and 92% identifying as having had feelings of mental distress. The survey also highlighted that students generally do not disclose mental health issues with their institutions with 80% reporting stigma as a barrier. Engineering degree programmes are challenging and competitive in nature with a male-skewed gender balance. The majority of engineering students are young adult males with nearly 85% of engineering undergraduates identified as men in the UK. In Australia, it is 84.4%, Canada 86.3%, USA 81.3%. and EU 72.6%. Before carrying out a systematic review to identify the effectiveness of interventions for mental well being in engineering students, it is important to identify existing research in this area. A scoping review to map the available evidence of mental well being in engineering students should therefore be carried out. An initial search of the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, Prospero and Cochrane Library have not identified any systematic reviews or protocols on this topic area. Considering the lack of mapping of existing research, it is appropriate that a systematic scoping review is conducted on this topic. A systematic scoping review would potentially highlight key themes relating to the mental well being of engineering students.

Citation

TAIT, J., ALEXANDER, L., HANCOCK, E. and BISSET, J. 2022. The mental wellbeing of engineering students: a scoping review protocol. [Protocol]. Hosted on OSF [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/Z3JXR

Other Type Protocol
Online Publication Date Mar 22, 2019
Publication Date Oct 17, 2022
Deposit Date Jun 23, 2023
Publicly Available Date Jun 23, 2023
Publisher OSF: Center for Open Science
DOI https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/Z3JXR
Keywords Mental wellbeing; Higher education students; Systematic review; Engineering undergraduates; Scoping review
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1798653
Related Public URLs https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1972421 (Journal article)
Additional Information This protocol was first registered on OSF on the 22nd March 2019. The most recent update was on the 17th October 2022.

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