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ERIC Number: EJ1477050
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Anxiety Sensitivity in Terms of Mental Health among a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of Sexual Minority College Students
Journal of American College Health, v73 n5 p1887-1894 2025
Objective: Limited work has focused on understanding the function of individual difference factors in terms of mental health among sexual minority college students. Anxiety sensitivity is one individual difference factor which has received substantial empirical attention, but its role is presently understudied among racially/ethnically diverse sexual minority college students. Participants: Participants included a racially and ethnically diverse sample of sexual minority college students (N = 217; M[subscript age] = 20.82 years; SD = 3.06). Methods: The present investigation evaluated the role of anxiety sensitivity in relation to anxious arousal, social anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Results: Results indicated that anxiety sensitivity was significantly related to increased anxious arousal, social anxiety, depression, and suicidality after adjusting for age, sex, relationship status, subjective social status, and neuroticism. Conclusions: This investigation provides the first empirical evidence that anxiety sensitivity is related to poorer mental health outcomes for racially/ethnically diverse sexual minority college students.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Big Five Inventory
Grant or Contract Numbers: U54MD015946
Author Affiliations: 1Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; 2Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA; 3HEALTH Institute, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA