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Research highlights
This special issue brings together six studies exploring student health and wellbeing in higher education. The research covers topics including study demands and resources, mental health, academic burnout, social support, international students and stress management.
European Journal of Health Psychology, 33(2), 2026
This study examines student wellbeing across four academic years (2020–2024), using data from 6,511 students at Erasmus University Rotterdam. It explores differences in wellbeing between student subgroups and over time, and uses network analyses to examine the relationships between different aspects of wellbeing and mental health. The findings show that wellbeing improved after 2020, while inequalities between student groups persisted.
Preprint, OSF Preprints, 2026
This study by Erasmus University Rotterdam examines the effectiveness and uptake of ROOM to grow, a digital intervention designed to support student wellbeing. Using a randomized controlled trial, the study explores whether ROOM to grow can help reduce stress and strengthen emotion regulation among students, as well as which factors are associated with engagement with the intervention.
Internet Interventions, 45, 2026
This study describes the development of ROOM to Grow, a mobile intervention designed to support university students’ wellbeing. Using a human-centred and iterative design approach, the study explores how students and other stakeholders were involved in developing the intervention. ROOM to Grow focuses on emotion regulation and self-awareness and combines brief exercises from different psychological approaches, including mindfulness, self-compassion, positive psychology, cognitive behavioural therapy and ACT.
JMIR Formative Research, 9, 2025
This dissertation presents the development and evaluation of ROOM to grow, a mobile intervention designed to support university students’ mental health and wellbeing. It explores the app’s design, user experience and effects of different interventions. The findings provide insight into the potential and limitations of digital interventions for student wellbeing, highlighting the importance of personalization and user engagement.
Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2025
This dissertation explores how digital interventions can support mental health without requiring sustained use. Through the development of ROOM, a mobile app for emotion regulation, the research examines how design strategies can support the transfer of learning from a digital intervention to students’ everyday lives.
Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2025
This study focuses on optimizing ROOM, a mobile intervention designed to support university students in developing adaptive emotion regulation skills. Using a micro-randomized trial and student interviews, the researchers examined which exercises and intervention components contribute to changes in positive and negative emotions and how students experience the intervention. The results showed that engaging with the exercises was associated with increased positive and decreased negative emotional states. These insights were used to further optimize the content and personalization of ROOM.
Stress and Health, 41(1), 2025
This study explores how engagement with mobile health interventions extends beyond the use of an app itself. The authors introduce the concept of macro-engagement and examine how users apply what they learn and experience within a digital intervention in their everyday lives. The research provides insights into how digital interventions can support sustained behaviour change and wellbeing beyond the digital environment.
Digital Health, 2024