Study Wellbeing peer support group will begin its face-to-face sessions at Joensuu campus late February. Share, reflect, self-attune, seek and offer peer support! If you are finding trouble concentrating on your studies, motivation has weakened or too much stress prevents you from pursuing your goals, this group is something for you.
Study Wellbeing Support Group is meant for the master students and doctoral researchers of the Joensuu campus. The group spoken language is English.
The idea of the group meetings is to share and exchange knowledge and practice wellbeing skills in a warm atmosphere and safe space for everyone.
The group will meet for six face-to-face sessions. Each session will address a different topic and focus on honing study wellbeing skills such as:
- stress management and relaxation,
- maintaining focus and attention.
- values-inspired goal setting.
The sessions are designed to encourage participation, self-reflection, sharing and learning.
The group will start on Wednesday, February 28th at Joensuu campus and will be led by a psychology intern. Prior registration required. Apply via this link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/8CCBDC5D283ACBE0 . Registration closes on 15.2.2024.
You can find a more detailed description of the group below. For more information contact: joanna.bunikowska@uef.fi
Study wellbeing is sought by nearly every student and researcher as a prerequisite for success in studies, research. Very often this wellbeing is hindered by us now knowing how to nurture and take care of it. As a result, we are easily challenged by distractions that interfere with our focus and ambush our attention. Sometimes we just feel tired and unmotivated. Good news is that we can learn the skills to boost our study wellbeing.
We define ‘study wellbeing’ as personal wellbeing in the context of studies and/ or research. To put it simply, it means experiencing satisfaction in the pursuit of studies, research.
The objective of the group is to provide the participants with knowledge and practical tips from the fields of psychology and neuroscience regarding psychological processes involved in learning, studying, intellectual work such as focus and attention, motivation, stress management and self-regulation.
What you can expect
The group participants will:
- gain knowledge that us better understanding of processes of motivation (eliciting and sustaining it), focus and attention (directing and maintaining it) and stress response (triggers, coping strategies),
- develop and practice their study and self-regulation skills,
- acquire and test tools and techniques to effectively achieve your goals by setting them based on your unique values and applying your strengths in pursuing them.
Time and place
The group will meet for six face-to-face sessions in a cosy fireplace meeting room. Each session will address a different topic. The first session takes place on Wednesday 28.2.
The dates of the following sessions are: 6.3, 13.3, 27.3, 10.4, and 17.4 always at 10.30-12.00.
The group is led by a psychology intern whose work is supervised by a study psychologist.
To ensure the quality of the work the group can accept maximum 10 participants. In case of higher interest, the time of submission will be the selection criteria.