Building Student Resilience: Problem vs. Symptom-Focused Strategies

Resilience is a vital skill for university students as they navigate academic challenges, social pressures, and personal growth. Core to building resilience is understanding how to cope effectively with stress.

Universities can do more to help students build resilience. In addition to teaching students about the strategies discussed below, universities can encourage students to use myGiide to further develop resilience.  myGiide offers self-awareness and personalized insights and tips to strengthen students’ ability to manage the novel situations they are facing.

Students should also learn the difference between two key coping strategies and when to use them.