Abstract
Objective: the research aims to understand challenges of university life from the perspective of mental health from undergraduates of the psychology course. Methods: to this end, data were collected through field diary entries and workshops with first and second semester undergraduates students of the psychology course. The workshop started from a script elaborated considering three analytical categories of the study: young people's way of life, mental health and experience in Higher Education. Results: the results, with definitions of the empirical categories performance, responsibilities, coping, relationship with teachers, social support, and adaptation to the university culture and to the new city, pointed out that university is a space represented by individual and collective experiences, which demand and impact the trajectory of life. Conclusion: one notices challenges related to expectations about academic performance and anxieties about the professional future that influence the academic path.
Publisher
International Journal for Innovation Education and Research