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Interaction in University Selection, Mental Health and Academic Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. J. Lucas  and
Peter Stringer
C. J. Lucas
Affiliation:
Student Health Association, 17 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH
Peter Stringer
Affiliation:
School of Environmental Studies, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
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The last decade has seen a shift in the emphasis of research into student problems and student performance. On the psychological side there has been a move away from somewhat static concepts of personality measurement and intellectual assessment, and the concomitant preoccupation with prediction and selection, towards a more interactive approach in which individual aspects are related to academic and social processes (e.g. Sanford, 1962; Lavin, 1965; Wankowski, 1969). On the mental health side there has been a shift from 'syndrome identification’ towards a more dynamic appraisal of personal and social forces and their interaction (Grant, 1969; Ryle, 1969; Lucas and Linken, (1970).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 555 , February 1972 , pp. 189 - 195
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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