The experience should be positive and should allow individuals to feel safe when expressing themselves. Cultural wellness is concerned with the promotion of cultural awareness and appreciation. Emotional wellness relates to the feeling person. It encourages the wellness of one's feelings as well as the acceptance of these feelings. Aspects of the emotional area of wellness include developing mature interpersonal relationships, controlling feelings, developing a sense of interdependence and managing stress.
Spiritual wellness deals with the manner in which one makes sense of life and it's meaning.
It does not require individuals to develop a deep faith in an organized religion. Rather, it challenges individuals to be deeply introspective and determine meaning in their existence as well as appreciating the spiritual interconnections of the universe. The Student Involvement Theory states that when an increase in a student's involvement in college occurs, an increase in the amount of student learning and personal development occurs. Student involvement is defined as the quantity and quality of the physical and psychological energy that students invest in the college experience. Student Involvement directs attention away from subject matter and technique and towards the motivation and behavior of the student.