{"title":"Bridging the gap between student and administrator perceptions of mindfulness in a university setting: An exploratory qualitative study.","authors":"Jennifer Lee, Nathan Gerard, Kazumi Takaishi","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2265986","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2265986","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> This study explores the perceptions of mindfulness among students and administrators in a university setting. <b>Participants:</b> In Study 1, six focus groups were conducted with 34 students. In Study 2, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six administrators involved with implementing mindfulness-based activities. <b>Methods:</b> Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data in Study 1. Study 2's data were examined according to the 4 major themes found in Study 1. <b>Results:</b> Students acknowledged the difficulty in defining the concept of mindfulness, yet its overall value for improving mental wellbeing was largely affirmed. Administrators perceived mindfulness as beneficial for students, but they expressed concern over low attendance at university-sponsored programs. <b>Conclusions:</b> For universities to harness the benefits of mindfulness, it is recommended that administrators mitigate barriers by having clearer guidance, preparing for emotional challenges, and integrating the practice into teaching, learning, and everyday activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"2191-2200"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71423832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah J Chavez, Nicole A Hall, Mary M Tomkins, Angelo M DiBello, Clayton Neighbors, Kate B Carey
{"title":"Perceived belonging on campus predicts depression among heavy drinkers: A test of three moderators.","authors":"Sarah J Chavez, Nicole A Hall, Mary M Tomkins, Angelo M DiBello, Clayton Neighbors, Kate B Carey","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2266037","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2266037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> An association exists between perceived belonging and depression among college students. Because a student's sense of belongingness may vary as a function of their social identity, three identities - ethnicity, first-generation college student status, and sex - were investigated as potential moderators of this relationship. <b>Participants:</b> One hundred eighty-seven heavy-drinking college students (63% female; 52% non-Latinx White; <i>M</i> = 20 years of age) were assessed. <b>Methods:</b> Three hierarchical linear regressions were conducted to test whether belonging at baseline predicted depression at six months and whether each identity variable moderated this association. <b>Results:</b> Analyses yielded significant main effects between belonging and depression. Hispanic nor first-generation status interacted with belonging in predicting depression. Sex interacted with belonging where higher belongingness was associated with lower levels of depression only among female students. <b>Conclusion:</b> Mental health providers should consider asking female students about their perceptions of belonging on college campuses to understand their vulnerability to depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"2205-2212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11026301/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49677668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiences of low-income college students in selection of health insurance, access, and quality of care.","authors":"Vicky Vong, Jenny L Wagner, Michelle Ko","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2283741","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2283741","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To understand the experiences and perspectives of low-income University of California undergraduates related to their health insurance options, access to and quality of care.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>14 undergraduate students across five UC campuses who identified as socioeconomically disadvantaged or low-income.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted 4 focus groups organized by type of insurance coverage in April 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>(1) the insurance selection process for low-income students is complicated by multiple, sometimes competing factors; (2) the lack of clear information confuses students' selection of insurance and health care options; and (3) students experiences challenges in access and quality of care, irrespective of insurance type.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ensuring access to high quality care, information and coverage is critical to the university mission to support a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, for a student body that reflects the needs of the population of California.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"2325-2334"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138470321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian Harenberg, Lindsey Keenan, Yvette Ingram, Sayre Wilson, Justine Vosloo, Miranda Kaye
{"title":"Factorial validity and gender invariance of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in student-athletes.","authors":"Sebastian Harenberg, Lindsey Keenan, Yvette Ingram, Sayre Wilson, Justine Vosloo, Miranda Kaye","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2024.2317184","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2024.2317184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/purpose: </strong>Depressive symptoms are prevalent in student-athletes. Evidence for the factorial validity of measures assessing depressive symptoms in student-athletes is presently absent from the literature. This study examined the best fitting factorial structure and invariance across sexes of the PHQ-9.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were collected from 1,524 student-athletes from institutions in the North-Eastern United States. Confirmatory factor analyses of 4 factorial structures of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) were conducted, followed by invariance analyses across sexes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All tested models showed an excellent fit for all tested models and a unidimensional model of the PHQ-9 was chosen for further analyses. Metric and scalar invariance for the identified model across sexes was supported. The participants in this study reported an unusually low (3.13%) prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms, which may indicate underreporting of symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Using a unidimensional, composite score <i>via</i> the PHQ-9 is a valid assessment of depressive symptoms in male and female student-athletes.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"1906-1912"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140305628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Academic self-handicapping as a mediator of the relation between imposterism and academic goal orientation: testing invariance by gender and underrepresented status.","authors":"Dwan Robinson, Julie Suhr, Melissa Buelow","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2024.2351409","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2024.2351409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> Imposterism and academic self-handicapping (ASH) are related to negative outcomes in college students. We examined whether the relationship between imposterism and academic goal orientations is mediated by ASH across men and women and for students who are underrepresented on campus. <b>Participants:</b> Participants were 852 undergraduates (29.1% men, 26.1% first-generation, and 22.1% from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups at the predominantly white institution (PWI) where data was gathered). <b>Methods:</b> Participants completed self-report scales assessing imposterism, ASH, and academic goal orientation. <b>Results:</b> ASH partially mediated the relationship of imposterism to mastery and performance approach academic goal orientations. High imposterism was directly related to high performance-avoidance orientation. Our model was invariant to gender; while it did not appear to be invariant to underrepresented status, this was accounted for by first-generation student status. <b>Conclusions:</b> Results have implications for the classroom and creation of interventions to minimize ASH and imposterism and their impact on student success.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"1913-1920"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katherine J Buchman, Daniel Larrañaga, Jennifer M Jabson Tree
{"title":"Discrimination and microaggressions as mediators of food insecurity among transgender college students.","authors":"Katherine J Buchman, Daniel Larrañaga, Jennifer M Jabson Tree","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2025.2523959","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2025.2523959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> We examined the association between microaggressions, discrimination, and transgender students' experience of food insecurity (FI). <b>Participants:</b> Data were from the National College Health Assessment conducted 2019-2022. Of 334,957 participants, 8,618 were transgender. <b>Methods:</b> Descriptive statistics and mediation analyses were calculated to test microaggressions, discrimination, and related distress, as mediators between transgender identity and FI. This study only included participants who indicated their gender identity by answering the yes/no survey question \"Do you identify as transgender?\" <b>Results:</b> Discrimination and related distress partially mediated the association between transgender identity and FI, accounting for 44% and 25%, respectively, of the total effect. Microaggressions and related distress also partially mediated this association, accounting for 49% and 30%, respectively, of the total effect. <b>Conclusion:</b> Experiencing discrimination and microaggressions partially explains FI among transgender students. Collaborating with stakeholder transgender students to promote food assistance programs to this population could mitigate these experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"2054-2062"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144496711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryce K Clausen, Justin M Shepherd, Andrew H Rogers, Lorra Garey, Brooke Y Redmond, Luke Heggeness, Michael J Zvolensky
{"title":"Anxiety sensitivity in terms of mental health among a racially and ethnically diverse sample of sexual minority college students.","authors":"Bryce K Clausen, Justin M Shepherd, Andrew H Rogers, Lorra Garey, Brooke Y Redmond, Luke Heggeness, Michael J Zvolensky","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2277191","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2277191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> 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.<b>Participants:</b> Participants included a racially and ethnically diverse sample of sexual minority college students (<i>N</i> = 217; <i>M<sub>age</sub></i> = 20.82 years; <i>SD</i> = 3.06).<b>Methods:</b> The present investigation evaluated the role of anxiety sensitivity in relation to anxious arousal, social anxiety, depression, and suicidality.<b>Results:</b> 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.<b>Conclusions:</b> 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.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"1887-1894"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11130074/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138444783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paige Whitney, Mary Ann Kluge, Phillip Morris, Joseph Taylor, Mary T Hoban
{"title":"Determinants of perceived health in university employees.","authors":"Paige Whitney, Mary Ann Kluge, Phillip Morris, Joseph Taylor, Mary T Hoban","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2283731","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2023.2283731","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> Employee health plays an important role in overall campus health and wellbeing. Therefore, this research explored the physical, mental, and environmental determinants of perceived health in employees of higher education. <b>Participants:</b> 422 full-time employees from one university took the American College Health Association National Faculty and Staff Health Assessment (NFSHA) online in April 2021. <b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional correlational design was used to explore which physical, mental, and environmental health factors influenced perceived health of employees. <b>Results:</b> Sleep, body mass index (BMI), flourishing, and the extent to which employees felt the university cared about their health and wellbeing were the four significant factors that increased the odds of employees reporting higher levels of perceived health. <b>Conclusions:</b> Using Bandura's reciprocal determinism as a theoretical lens, these results reinforce that behaviors, personal attributes, and the environment are interdependent and influence perceived health in this sample of university employees.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"2287-2295"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138444786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsey Ostermiller, Austen R Anderson, Craig A Warlick, Eric R Dahlen
{"title":"Lifestyle behaviors and mental health outcomes in sexual and gender minority graduate students.","authors":"Lindsey Ostermiller, Austen R Anderson, Craig A Warlick, Eric R Dahlen","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2024.2409704","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2024.2409704","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>There are well-documented health disparities among sexual and/or gender minority (LGBTQ+) individuals generally, but there is limited research investigating the disparities in health-related lifestyle factors and mental health among LGBTQ+ graduate students, which is a group that may be especially vulnerable.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>This project was a secondary analysis of data from the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment's (NCHA) Fall 2019 wave, which included 7,766 graduate students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Students self-reported engagement in health-related lifestyle factors and psychological distress. Welch's independent samples t-tests were used to compare differences in psychological distress and lifestyle behaviors and multiple linear regression models were used to test lifestyle factors as predictors of LGBTQ+ psychological distress.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>LGBTQ+ graduate students reported worse lifestyle profiles compared to their peers and greater psychological distress. Sleep quality had the strongest association with psychological distress among LGBTQ+ graduate students.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings have important implications for policies and interventions to improve health and decrease suffering in LGBTQ+ graduate students.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"1963-1972"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142400309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia A Goodhines, Krutika Rathod, Liliana L Herakova, Leah Cingranelli
{"title":"College drinking and sexual health behaviors at a rural northeastern institution: Implications for tailored multilevel intervention.","authors":"Patricia A Goodhines, Krutika Rathod, Liliana L Herakova, Leah Cingranelli","doi":"10.1080/07448481.2025.2461607","DOIUrl":"10.1080/07448481.2025.2461607","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>College students experience elevated rates of alcohol and sexual risk behaviors, but underrepresentation of rural institutions precludes tailored intervention. This study characterizes prevalence and short-term alcohol-sex risk at a rural institution.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Undergraduates at a rural northeastern university.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Online health behavior surveys at Time 1 (T1; <i>N</i> = 327) and Time 2 (T2; <i>n</i> = 150, <i>M</i><sub>interval</sub>=34 ± 7 days).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>75% reported lifetime, 73% past-year, and 65% past-month drinking at T1. Despite past-month sexual risk behavior (48% without barrier, 31% under influence of alcohol/drugs, 12% without querying STI status), only 23% endorsed past-year STI testing. Drinking students were more likely than non-drinking peers to endorse all sexual risk behaviors. T1 drinking was associated with T2 sex, sex under the influence of alcohol/drugs, and unprotected sex.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>College drinking predicted short-term sexual risk behaviors at this rural institution, suggesting potential unique risk mechanisms. Findings may inform multilevel, culture-centered intervention for students attending rural universities.</p>","PeriodicalId":14900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of American College Health","volume":" ","pages":"2129-2137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143364739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}