Abstract:
The escalating issue of poor mental health among higher education students has become a growing concern for public health and policy (Campbell et al., 2022). Pereira et al.’s (2019) survey conducted among students from 10 universities indicates that "1 in 5 students currently has a mental health diagnosis" and "almost half have faced a serious psychological issue for which they felt they required professional assistance," showing an increase from 1 in 3 in the 2018 survey. Depression and anxiety were widespread among students, with every college reporting cases of depression and 99 percent reporting cases of severe anxiety (Pereira et al., 2019). Thus, this study aimed to assess the level of psychosocial factors that influence college students' learning and to design a learning management plan to help solve the psychosocial problems that the students experience. The study was conducted in one of the universities in Zibo City, Shandong Province, China. It involved two hundred students who were selected through a random sampling technique. It employed a descriptive research design. Results showed that the student respondents’ self-efficacy got the highest mean score and was described as “high” (M=4.12; SD=0.76). Li Hang (2017) pointed out that students’ self-efficacy is an important variable that can directly affect their learning performance: the higher their self-efficacy, the higher their academic performance. Stress and coping was likewise “high” (M=3.78; SD=0.72), and social support is also “high” (M=4.05; SD=0.65). The overall mean score of the student participants' psychosocial factors was 3.98, which was described as “high.” It implies that college students show very good self-efficacy, receive better social support from the people closest to them and who are around them, and handle their stress well to cope with the problems or pressures they have experienced relative to their academic life in college. Though the psychosocial indicators were described as “high,” there is still a need for the school administrators to look into the psychosocial factors of the students to improve their self-efficacy, social support, and stress and coping. Thus, the school learning management plan is proposed for students to help them solve psychosocial problems further. The study recommends implementing the proposed school learning management plan to help students with their academic struggles at the university.