Basic Needs Insecurity and Mental Health: Community College Students’ Dual Challenges and Use of Social Support

IF 1.7 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Katharine M. Broton, M. Mohebali, Mitchell D. Lingo
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Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the potential co-occurrence of basic needs insecurity and mental health problems among community college students. These barriers to student success are gaining significant attention from college leaders and scholars, but they are often addressed in isolation, ignoring the potential reinforcing nature of these challenges. Method: We use data from a national survey of community college students to examine the relationship between experiences of basic needs insecurity and mental health problems, and investigate the support systems that students rely on for help. Results: Findings indicate that students who experience basic needs insecurity are substantively and significantly more likely than their materially secure peers to report depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, planning, or attempt, even after accounting for background characteristics. Those with both food and housing insecurities are even more likely to report mental health problems and the likelihood is positively associated with severity of material hardship. Given limited institutional supports, students often rely on friends or family for emotional and mental support. Receipt of social support is higher among those with mental health challenges, but it also varies by students’ basic needs security status. This suggests that students facing the dual challenges of basic needs insecurity and mental health problems may have exhausted this important social resource. Contributions: This study raises awareness about the prevalent co-occurrence of basic needs insecurity and mental health problems, and encourages a more integrated institutionalized approach to serving students.
基本需求不安全与心理健康:社区大学生的双重挑战与社会支持的利用
目的:本研究旨在调查社区大学生基本需求不安全感和心理健康问题的潜在共现性。这些阻碍学生成功的障碍正受到大学领导和学者的极大关注,但它们往往被孤立地解决,忽视了这些挑战潜在的强化性质。方法:我们使用一项针对社区大学生的全国调查数据,调查基本需求不安全感与心理健康问题之间的关系,并调查学生寻求帮助所依赖的支持系统。结果:研究结果表明,经历基本需求不安全感的学生比物质安全感强的同龄人更有可能报告抑郁、焦虑和自杀意念、计划或企图,即使考虑了背景特征。那些既有食物又有住房不安全感的人更有可能报告心理健康问题,这种可能性与物质困难的严重程度呈正相关。在有限的机构支持下,学生通常依靠朋友或家人获得情感和心理支持。有心理健康挑战的学生获得的社会支持更高,但也因学生的基本需求和安全状况而异。这表明,面临基本需求不安全和心理健康问题双重挑战的学生可能已经耗尽了这一重要的社会资源。贡献:这项研究提高了人们对基本需求不安全和心理健康问题普遍并存的认识,并鼓励采取更综合的制度化方法为学生服务。
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Community College Review
Community College Review EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
CiteScore
2.40
自引率
7.70%
发文量
22
期刊介绍: The Community College Review (CCR) has led the nation for over 35 years in the publication of scholarly, peer-reviewed research and commentary on community colleges. CCR welcomes manuscripts dealing with all aspects of community college administration, education, and policy, both within the American higher education system as well as within the higher education systems of other countries that have similar tertiary institutions. All submitted manuscripts undergo a blind review. When manuscripts are not accepted for publication, we offer suggestions for how they might be revised. The ultimate intent is to further discourse about community colleges, their students, and the educators and administrators who work within these institutions.
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