Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Law Students: How What They Do Affects How They Feel

Mindful Self-Compassion and Adult Learner Retention in Post-Compulsory Education

“…For example, internal factors included a lack of confidence and negative self-talk; external factors included a lack of teaching staff, complex online learning platforms, financial strain, with a need to work in paid-employment either part-time or full-time. The participants' descriptions of their learning experience are consistent with evidence in the area [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

“…The MSC course may have less effect in fields where students are studying disciplines such as architecture or law. Skead and Rogers reported that over 35% of Australian law students experience high to very high levels of psychological distress, even though they often start their studies with equal if not better levels of wellbeing than their peers [12]. Similarly, one of the authors has noticed that in their undergraduate wellness course the topic often has limited effect when excessive levels of demand are placed on students completing Honours or architecture.…”

“…Preliminary evidence suggests that psychological wellbeing in adult learners is of considerable concern and warrants further study, as it has greater implications for attrition/retention and academic progression [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. In the present study, we explore in-depth a method to help adult learners successfully navigate the pathway of higher learning with a focus on three main areas.…”

Running to well-being: A comparative study on the impact of exercise on the physical and mental health of law and psychology students

“…In recent comparative studies of law and psychology students in the same university, we found evidence of significantly higher levels of self-reported psychological distress in the law student participants compared to population norms, and compared to the psychology student participants (Skead & Rogers, 2014, 2015. These prior studies explored the association between various aspects of student behaviour and psychological distress.…”

“…Suggested reasons for the particularly high incidence of psychological distress in law students are many and varied. They range from heavy workloads, the tendency for law to attract competitive students, the adversarial nature of the discipline, the traditionally Socratic nature of law teaching, and the often highly competitive and largely unsupportive culture of law school (Skead & Rogers, 2014;2015).…”