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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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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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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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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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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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Allen, Hannah K.; Lilly, Flavius; Green, Kerry M.; Zanjani, Faika; Vincent, Kathryn B.; Arria, Amelia M. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: This study evaluated variation in substance use and mental health among graduate student subgroups. Participants: A sample of 2,683 master's and doctoral students completed an online survey in October 2017. Methods: Subgroup variation in behavioral health by demographic and program characteristics, particularly degree type and academic…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mental Disorders
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Parker, Jennifer; Yacoub, Abigail; Mughal, Sahira; Mamari, Fadi – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess how perceptions of family support (instrumental and relational-emotional) are related to psychological distress among commuter students and whether household income, gender, year in college and first-generation status moderate this association. Participants: Undergraduate students at a suburban…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Family Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Commuting Students
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Porta, Carolyn M.; Elmquist, Sean; Martin, Lauren; Sampson, Kira; Stack, Kasey; Hill, Annie; Lee, Angeline; Driessen, Molly C. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Describe Greek life students' perspectives of party culture, safety, and College Sexual Violence (CSV) prevention. Participants: 27 US undergraduates: 5 fraternity underclassmen, 6 fraternity upperclassmen, 10 sorority underclassmen, 6 sorority upperclassmen. Methods: Students participated in one of four focus groups, separately by…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sororities, College Environment, Student Attitudes
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Kim, Cheong Hoon; Kang, Kyung-Ah; Shin, Sunhwa – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to determine whether low healthy lifestyle (HL) status was associated with alcohol and food addiction risks among college students. Method: The data were gathered through an online survey questionnaire from 311 college students. The students were divided into either a lower or a higher HL status group, based on HL mean…
Descriptors: Life Style, Health Behavior, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse
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