Skead Natalie K, Rogers Shane L
Faculty of Law, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, CRAWLEY, WA, 6009, Australia.
School of Psychology and Social Science, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, JOONDALUP, WA 6027, Australia.
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2015 Sep-Dec;42-43:81-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.08.011. Epub 2015 Aug 24.
We are not producing a product, but a well-balanced person.(1) It is well-documented that law students experience higher levels of psychological distress than members of the general population and university students in other professional disciplines. In 2014, we published our findings on an empirical study identifying the correlations between law student wellbeing and student behaviour both at and away from law school. The results of the study informed the development of an evidence-based 'behavioural toolkit' to assist law students and law schools in making informed choices and decisions that promote and even improve the mental health of students. The study we undertook was not, however, limited to law students. It extended to collecting quantitative data on psychological distress and associated behaviours in psychology students. This article reports on the comparative findings of the study and provides a comparative basis for understanding the contextual influences on the wellbeing of law students.
我们培养的不是一个产品，而是一个身心平衡的人。（1）有充分的文献记载，与普通人群以及其他专业学科的大学生相比，法律专业学生经历的心理困扰程度更高。2014年，我们发表了一项实证研究的结果，该研究确定了法律专业学生的幸福感与他们在法学院内外的行为之间的相关性。该研究结果为开发一个基于证据的“行为工具包”提供了依据，以帮助法律专业学生和法学院做出明智的选择和决策，从而促进甚至改善学生的心理健康。然而，我们进行的这项研究并不局限于法律专业学生。它还扩展到收集心理学专业学生心理困扰及相关行为的定量数据。本文报告了该研究的比较结果，并为理解影响法律专业学生幸福感的背景因素提供了一个比较基础。
