Academic failures and factors that influence their experiencing
Academic pressures are increasingly causing adverse effects on the mental wellbeing of students at all levels of education. This paper presents a number of different factors that have been show to play an important role in an individuals perception and coping with academic failures. Also included are recommended ways of improving ones coping skills with such disappointments ranging, mostly through compassion and mindfulness.
The paper was written under a mentor, Urška Filipič, who was a masters student of psychology at the time of writing and an editor of the student run magazine, Panika.
The whole article can be found on Panika’s website by clicking here.