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Direct linkSummer Odom; Ann Bianchi – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To implement a STI risk behavior reduction program to reduce sexual risk behaviors in university-aged students. Participants: Fifty-nine freshman from the university participated in the STI Risk Behavior Reduction program. Methods: Pre- and post-test design using descriptive statistics evaluated the STI Risk Behavior Reduction Program.…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Risk, College Freshmen, Sexuality
Kassie R. Terrell; Bridget R. Stanton; Hanadi Y. Hamadi; Julie W. Merten; Nathan Quinn – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College students experience a variety of stressors that can increase the risk for mental health concerns, like depression. It is crucial for practitioners working on college campuses to understand the relationship among stressful life events, depression, and coping strategies. The purpose of this study was to explore life stressors'…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology), Coping, College Students
Grace S. Hubel; Regan Gregory; Beth Sundstrom – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Condom sabotage is a form of sexual assault that violates bodily autonomy, increasing the risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STI). The current study explored associations between reports of condom sabotage and sexual risk indicators among college students. College students (N = 466) completed a web-based…
Descriptors: Sexuality, College Students, Sexual Abuse, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Jose V. Nable; Marisa J. Davis; Jonathan E. Davis – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Background/Case Presentation: An 18-year-old female college student shared an electronic message with her friends in which she discussed plans to harm herself through the ingestion of a highly toxic substance. Concerned friends activated emergency healthcare resources, who were dispatched to the individual's residence. Based on the known toxicity…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Suicide, Mental Health
S. Anderson; K. Haraldsdottir; J. Sanfilippo; C. McGehee; A. Watson – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To examine the effects of a mindfulness intervention on health-related quality of life in female Division I collegiate athletes. Participants 135 female collegiate athletes, ages 18-23 years Methods: Health related quality of life (HRQoL) was reported twice/year in approximately January and July from January 2017 to 2020 with the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Intervention, Quality of Life, Females
Annelise Mennicke; Jessamyn Bowling; Erika Montanaro; Madi Williams; Hannah Carlson; Victoria McClare; Erin A. Meehan; Jasmine Temple; Bridget N. Jules; Anvi Tirunagari; Neha Kissler; Phoebe Pruneda; Keshawn S. Mathews; Gabrielle Haley; Michael J. Brienzo; Iris F. McMillan; Anna Yoder; Casey Mesaeh; Christopher Correia; Sarah McMahon – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The study aimed to identify phases of bystander intervention (BI) for problematic alcohol use (PAU) among college students. Participants: Twenty focus groups and nine interviews were conducted. Methods: Transcripts were thematically analyzed. Results: The phases of the Bystander Intervention for Problematic Alcohol Use Model (BIPAUM)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Audiences, Alcohol Abuse, College Students
Grazia Mirabito; Lekha S. Koganti; Paul Verhaeghen – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To examine whether a remote, online, group-based mindfulness intervention maintains long-term effects at one-year follow-up. Participants: 61 college students (38 in the intervention group, 23 controls) completed the follow-up survey. Methods: Follow-up to an RCT using a 4-week Koru Mindfulness program, investigating pre-to-follow-up…
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness
Sierra Castedo de Martell; Lori Holleran Steiker; Andrew Springer; Jeffery Jones; Emily Eisenhart; H. Shelton Brown III – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To conduct a preliminary cost-effectiveness analysis of collegiate recovery programs in the United States and to create a tailorable cost-effectiveness calculator based on the preliminary cost-effectiveness model. Methods: Cost-effectiveness was assessed with a base case, one-way sensitivity analyses, and probabilistic sensitivity…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, College Students, Substance Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation
Rebecca Doyle; Rebecca Huxta; Omotoyosi Soniyi – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To investigate COVID-19's impact on sleep, specifically insomnia, in college students. Participants: Students from a private university were eligible if they registered for Refresh, an online sleep-health program. Methods: A pre-intervention survey was distributed and assessed insomnia and COVID-19 factors using the Insomnia Severity…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Sleep, College Students
Jan-Louw Kotzé; Patricia A. Frazier; Kayla A. Huber – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Using the social-ecological model of violence prevention, we examined the locations in which sexual harassment occurs and whether harassment differed in terms of target, harasser, relationship, and incident characteristics across locations. Participants: A total of 246 mostly women, straight, White, and cisgender students at a large…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Social Influences, Geographic Location, Individual Characteristics
Donghee Jeong; Eun-Jung Shim – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To examine the trajectory of anger and its psychosocial predictors (i.e., perceived social inequality, relative deprivation, and loneliness) as well as its association with anxiety and depression. Participants/Method: Students (N = 365) completed an online survey three times over a one-year period. Results: Three trajectories of anger…
Descriptors: College Students, Psychological Patterns, Social Isolation, Anxiety
Aldrich, Rosalie S.; Cerel, Julie; Drapeau, Christopher W. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The revised Willingness to Intervene against Suicide questionnaire and the Expanded Revised Facts on Suicide Quiz were employed to examine the relationship between college students' knowledge about suicide and intention to intervene. Participants: College students (n = 515) participated, a majority being women and Caucasian. Methods:…
Descriptors: Suicide, Mental Health, Crisis Intervention, College Students
Hannah Young; Julie R. Schumacher; Scott Pierce; Jennifer L. Barnes – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure college student athletes' nutrition knowledge and behavior before and after a text message-based educational intervention. Participants: Athletes (n = 35) participated by completing a pre- and post-intervention survey. Methods: This survey gathered information on ability to identify carbohydrate…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Athletes, Knowledge Level, Health Behavior
Melissa D. Cheese; Darrin Kass; Kristi Hammaker – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods and participants: There were 53 participants who voluntarily enrolled in a mindfulness course at a regional state university (24 virtual and 29 in-person) and 56 in the control…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metacognition, COVID-19, Pandemics
Lauren Kendall Graham; Sarah B. Maness; Beth Sundstrom – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore contraceptive awareness among college women in the Southeast United States. This study sheds light on the gaps in contraceptive use found in college women and can be used to improve educational interventions on college campuses. Participants: College-age women ages 18-25 completed in-depth…
Descriptors: Females, Contraception, College Students, Knowledge Level
