Universities across the world remain under-resourced and frequently unequipped to provide the required support to the increasing demand of students experiencing mental health problems. While there is a considerable amount of research focusing on university student stress levels, interventions to address them, and coping strategies adopted by students, little research has reported on the strategies students choose to manage their stress and how that relates to their self-identified sources of stress as well as to what universities are offering to support their mental health and wellbeing. The present study provides a contribution in this direction, reporting on a study that surveyed over 3200 students from three large Australian metropolitan universities and interviewed three groups of university staff who provide student wellbeing services. Results highlight differences between what students and staff perceive as main sources of stress and best strategies to address them. In addition, students recommend task-oriented, pro-active coping strategies more often to their peers than engage in them themselves. The findings of the study further reinforce the need to develop an understanding of student coping strategies with a lens considerate of students' perspectives and preferences to authentically support their wellbeing, better informing planning and service delivery.

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我在大学如何应对：澳大利亚学生的自我压力管理策略

世界各地的大学仍然资源不足，而且经常无法为遇到心理健康问题的学生日益增长的需求提供所需的支持。虽然有大量研究关注大学生压力水平、解决这些压力的干预措施以及学生采取的应对策略，但很少有研究报告学生选择管理压力的策略以及这些策略与他们的自我识别来源之间的关系压力以及大学提供什么来支持他们的心理健康和福祉。本研究在这方面做出了贡献，报告了一项研究，该研究调查了来自澳大利亚三所大型城市大学的 3200 多名学生，并采访了三组提供学生福利服务的大学工作人员。结果突出了学生和教职员工认为的主要压力来源与解决这些压力的最佳策略之间的差异。此外，学生向同伴推荐以任务为导向、积极主动的应对策略，而不是自己参与。该研究的结果进一步强调需要通过考虑学生的观点和偏好的镜头来了解学生的应对策略，以真正支持他们的福祉，更好地为规划和服务提供提供信息。