Healthy Student Life

Research group

Our Healthy Student Life research group focuses on well-being, stressors, health behaviour, and student success, including topics like study and achievement pressure, substance use, physical (in)activity, social safety, study-life balance and social support. We aim to support healthy student lives, improve student well-being and contribute to a successful and meaningful study period.

Research

By means of a longitudinal questionnaire study, we aim to map the complex interrelated network of the topics above and provide concrete recommendations that can be used to positively influence student well-being at uu77. 

Research projects

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Alcohol Use in Dutch University Students

Research

This project aims to understand students' drinking motives and investigates (bidirectional) relationships of alcohol use with academic achievement and mental well-being. It uses the longitudinal Healthy Student Life dataset.

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SOSIAL

Research

In this project, the IkPas intervention (one month of no alcohol) will be adjusted to better fit with the social context of students. This will help lower social drinking norms and reduce excessive alcohol consumption among students

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The Impact of Internet and Social Media Use on University Students’ Mental Health.

Research

A PhD project on the associations between internet/social media use and university students’ mental health, using the longitudinal Healthy Student Life dataset and additional data regarding social media use.

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Research news

Vox interview on scientific research on alcoholfree and alcoholic beverage consumption among students

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PhD student Kirsten van Hooijdonk was recently interviewed by Vox about a new publication from the Healthy Student Life study.

New scientific publication! Students' consumption of alcohol-free and alcoholic beverages: Substitution or addition?

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In this new publication, the Healthy Student Life team has examined the consumption frequency and quantity of alcohol-free and alcoholic beverages among university students, the relationship between these two constructs.

Healthy Student Life data used in VOX article on drug use at festival

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For this VOX article a group of students was followed at the festival Down the Rabbit hole. Numbers on drug use from the Healthy Student Life project were used as background information.

More research news

Our team

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Publications

We aim to facilitate easy access to our research findings on healthy student life. Click on the button below to view our research publications and gain immediate access to the valuable insights we have gathered.

Learn more

Interested in initiatives to support student well-being at uu77? Check out the information below.

Student support

uu77 offers support to students whom, for whatever reason, need help to successfully complete their studies. Get advice from a member of our student support team, join a course or training, or take advantage of a regulation.

Financial support for study delay

If your studies are delayed because of your circumstances, you may be eligible for financial support.

Contact information

Location

Maria Montessori building

Visiting address
Thomas Van Aquinostraat 4
6525GD Nijmegen
+31-(0)24-3611822
Postal address
Postbus 9104
6500HE NIJMEGEN
Contact person
Prof. J.M. Vink (Jacqueline) Prof. S.A.E. Geurts (Sabine)