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Loiselle, Marie; Travis, Frederick – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study examined whether studying in a Consciousness-Based Education institution influenced college students' mental and physical health. Participants and methods: Undergraduate college students (n = 321) completed the Duke Health Profile, assessing 11 areas of mental and physical health, both as entering freshmen (2008-2014) and at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physical Health, Mental Health, Self Esteem
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Rogers, Andrew H.; Bakhshaie, Jafar; Ditre, Joseph W.; Manning, Kara; Mayorga, Nubia A.; Viana, Andres G.; Zvolensky, Michael J. – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: Pain affects a significant proportion of college students in the United States and has been linked to anxiety and depressive symptoms. Rumination and worry, two transdiagnostic factors linked to comorbidity, may explain the relationship between pain and mental health symptoms. Current Study: The current study examined worry and…
Descriptors: Pain, Psychological Patterns, College Students, Anxiety
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Fried, Rebecca R.; Karmali, Shazya; Irwin, Jennifer D. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective/Participants: The American College Health Association (ACHA) found that 65.4% of Ontario (Canada) students feel overwhelming anxiety and 89.5% of students feel overwhelmed by all of their obligations. Thus, this study assessed the current state of full-time undergraduate (UGS) and graduate students' (GS) mental health and resilience.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Mental Health, Resilience (Psychology)
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Masataka Umeda; Youngdeok Kim; Se-Woong Park; Eunhee Chung; Sarah L. Ullevig – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To examine food insecurity (FI) prevalence among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2021) using cross-sectional design, and the moderating role of the first-generation student status in the relationship between FI and grade point average (GPA). Participants: Three-hundred sixty students recruited mostly from…
Descriptors: Hunger, Food, Security (Psychology), Pandemics
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Hawkins, Misty A. W.; Clawson, Ashley H.; Smith, Caitlin E.; Stout, Madison E.; Keirns, Natalie G.; Ruppe, Nicole M. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: This study examined psychosocial distress and substance use in young adults with asthma (A), obesity (O), comorbid asthma and obesity (AO), or neither (controls). Participants: Eight hundred eighty-one young adults were included in the A, O, AO, or control group. Methods: ANCOVA and logistic regression analyses were performed to compare…
Descriptors: Diseases, Psychological Patterns, Substance Abuse, Mental Health
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Stasio, Michael J.; Curry, Kim; Sutton-Skinner, Kelly M.; Glassman, Destinee M. – Journal of American College Health, 2008
Objective: A growing number of researchers have examined the use of over-the-counter (OTC) medications and herbal or dietary supplements among college students. There is concern about the efficacy and safety of these products, particularly because students appear to use them at a higher rate than does the general public. Participants and Methods:…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Behavior, Dietetics, Drug Use
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McCabe, Sean Esteban; Teter, Christian J.; Boyd, Carol J. – Journal of American College Health, 2006
The authors investigated the medical use, illicit use, and diversion of 4 distinct classes of abusable prescription medication (sleeping medication, sedative or anxiety medication, stimulant medication, and pain medication) in a random sample of undergraduate students. In spring 2003, 9,161 undergraduate students attending a large, public,…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Undergraduate Students, Student Surveys, Stimulants