"When They Struggle I Cannot Sleep Well Either": Perceptions and Interactions Surrounding University Student and Teacher Well-Being

Within this, studies conducted primarily in the school context suggest the importance of considering reciprocal links between students and teachers. However, although numerous studies have investigated well-being among university students, and others have investigated well-being among university teachers, it is often the case that they are researched in isolation from one another.

Additionally, when researching well-being in academia, conceptualizations of well-being differ from study-to-study. The present research therefore investigated how students and teachers conceptualize well-being at the university based on their personal experiences, as well as how student and teacher well-being interact. To examine this, six university students (50% female), and ten teachers (50% female) from Germany and the Netherlands participated in semi-structured interviews.