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Colleen B. Mistler; Christie I. Idiong – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College students, particularly first-year students, are at risk for alcohol misuse and alcohol-related consequences (e.g., condomless sex). Our objective was to determine if first- and second-year students were more or less likely to report any act of condomless sex under the influence of alcohol than third- and fourth-year students.…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior, Drinking
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Cachet Lue; Trent A. Petrie; E. Whitney G. Moore – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To examine international student-athletes' (ISAs) rates of depression, perceived stress, problematic drinking, and sleep disturbance. Participants: 509 ISAs (M[subscript age] = 20.39 years, women = 63.1%) from over 80 NCAA institutions. Methods: Survey data were collected in April/May 2020. Results: Overall, 27.9% and 9.2% endorsed…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Athletes, Depression (Psychology), Stress Variables
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Michele Nicolo; Eric Kawaguchi; Angie Ghanem-Uzqueda; Andre E. Kim; Daniel Soto; Sohini Deva; Kush Shanker; Christopher Rogers; Ryan Lee; Frank Gilliland; Sarah Van Orman; Jeffrey Klausner; Andrea Kovacs; David Conti; Howard Hu; Jennifer B. Unger – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: Despite the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, vaccine hesitancy remains high among certain groups. This study examined the correlates of being unvaccinated among a sample of students attending a single university (N = 2900) during the spring and summer of 2021, when the campus had been closed for over a…
Descriptors: College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs
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Adrienne R. Lee; Alex Gonzalez; Jenna M. Garcia; Lourdes S. Martinez; Eyal Oren – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College students play a major role in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the viral agent responsible for COVID-19. We aim to understand risk perceptions, self-efficacy, and adoption of prevention behaviors in this population to inform prevention strategies. Participants: Undergraduate students attending a large public university. Methods:…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Frank, Miranda L.; Sprada, Giane B.; Hultstrand, Kara V.; West, Caroline E.; Livingston, Jessica A.; Sato, Amy F. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The present study sought to extend our understanding of food insecurity among college students, including aims to replicate the high prevalence of food insecurity among college student samples, examine the food insecurity -- emotional eating association, and determine whether biological sex moderates this association. Participants:…
Descriptors: Hunger, Emotional Response, Gender Differences, Body Composition
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Xin Zhang; Xiaofen D. Hamilton; Zach Taylor; Jianmin Guan; Michael Hodges; Shuhua Qu; Yong Huang – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Purpose: The study aimed to test the overall changes of health-related fitness (HRF) in minority Chinese college students and to examine HRF differences in gender, race, and year in college. Method: Participants (n = 1320) were minority college students with more than two-thirds females (ie 76.1%), and Hui, Tibetan, and Mongolia consisted of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Physical Fitness, Health
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Joanna Herres; Olivia Ortelli; Isabel Rodriguez; Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi – Journal of American College Health, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic had detrimental effects on college students' psychosocial well-being due to campus closures starting in Spring 2020. This study examined changes in perceived stress and depressive symptoms before and during the pandemic using longitudinal data collected from students over the 2019-2020 academic year. We also compared data…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology)
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Melissa D. Olfert; Rebecca L. Hagedorn-Hatfield; Bailey Houghtaling; Monica K. Esquivel; Lanae B. Hood; Lillian MacNell; Jessica Soldavini; Maureen Berner; Mateja R. Savoie Roskos; Melanie D. Hingle; Georgianna R. Mann; Julia F. Waity; Linda L. Knol; Jennifer Walsh; Valerie Kern-Lyons; Christopher Paul; Keith Pearson; Jeannine R. Goetz; Marsha Spence; Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves; Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett; J. Porter Lillis; E. Brooke Kelly; Adam Hege; Mary Catherine Fontenot; Patricia Coleman – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. Participants: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. Methods: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Housing, Homeless People
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Zhang, Guohua; Tu, Xiaolian; Ding, Nani; Lau, Joseph T. F.; Wang, Pengcheng; Yang, Xue – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This three-wave longitudinal study tested the prospective relationships between college adjustment, self-esteem, and mental health status (ie, subjective well-being, anxiety, and depression). Participants: The study recruited 265 Chinese undergraduate students. Methods: Demographic, college adjustment, self-esteem, and mental health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Student Adjustment, Self Esteem
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M. S. Patterson; A. N. Francis; L. R. Gagnon; T. Prochnow – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To use social network analysis to examine exercise participation relative to health and wellness support provision within students' networks. Participants: 513 undergraduates from a large private university completed online surveys. Methods: Multilevel modeling assessed exercise engagement at the individual and dyadic level and support…
Descriptors: Exercise, Undergraduate Students, Health Behavior, Social Support Groups
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Weaver, GracieLee M.; Kroshus, Emily; Milroy, Jeff; Wyrick, David – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Examine students' awareness of medical amnesty policies and the influence of policy awareness on the expected consequences of bystander help seeking in alcohol-related emergencies among student-athletes and non-athletes. Participants: 1,012 college students. Methods: Spearman's correlation and chi-square tests were used to examine…
Descriptors: College Students, School Policy, Knowledge Level, Help Seeking
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Jean Pierre Enriquez; David Ader – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To identify signs of food insecurity (FI) and coping strategies among university students from three minority groups. Participants: Participants consisted of 3155 university students: 25.58% first-generation, 16.86% nonwhite, and 4.63% international. Methods: Students answered a questionnaire composed of the 2-item Hunger Vital Sign for…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Hunger, Student Diversity, Coping
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Olivia Woodson; Ria Rungta; Noelle Bassi Smith; Alicia E. Meuret – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: This study investigates the prevalence and risk factors of internalizing disorders and suicidal behaviors in student-athletes and their non-athlete peers. Participants: The sample consisted of 223,226 college students (69,404 student-athletes [31.09%]) who participated in the NCHA-ACHA II survey (Fall 2015-2018). Methods: Items from the…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Suicide, Student Athletes
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Mikhila N. Wildey; Meghan E. Fox; Kelly A. Machnik; Deborah Ronk – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The current study explored differences in mental health problems, services utilization, and support of graduate students by gender, race/ethnicity, and year in school. Participants: Participants consisted of 734 graduate students from a large, Midwestern university. Methods: Graduate students answered a series of questionnaires in fall…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Mental Health, Health Services, Access to Health Care
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Tracy Trevorrow; Spencer Scanlan; Katherine Aumer; Vincent Tsushima; Bryan S. K. Kim; Steven Harris – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: This study assessed undergraduates' sleep in Hawai?i during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether demographic characteristics, health locus of control, substance use and campus features related to sleep outcomes. Implications are considered for programs to support students' sleep and health during pandemic conditions. Participants: About…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sleep, COVID-19, Pandemics
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