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Individual, Interpersonal, and Institutional Level Factors Associated With the Mental Health of College Students
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OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the individual, interpersonal, and institutional level factors that are associated with overall mental health among college students. PARTICIPANTS: Data are from an online cross-sectional survey of 2,203 students currently enrolled at a large public university. METHODS: Mental health was ascertained using a subcomponent of the RAND Medical Outcomes Study functioning and well-being measures developed by the RAND corporation. Stepwise regression was used to determine if self-reported measures of individual (ie, coping abilities), interpersonal (ie, intergroup awareness), and institutional (ie, campus climate/tension) level factors were associated with overall mental health, after controlling for demographic characteristics. RESULTS: The combined effects of both individual and institutional level measures were associated with student mental health. In particular, limited coping abilities and a perceived racially tense campus climate contributed to the psychological distress of college students. CONCLUSIONS: Simultaneously addressing the individual and institutional level influences on mental health offers the most promising help for students.
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- Authors
- Byrd, D. R., & McKinney, K. J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- ORCID
- Byrd, DeAnnah R.
- Venue
- Journal of American College Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-03-15
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 185-193
- ISSN
- 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
- 0744-8481
- 1940-3208
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- W2093873582
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- 14.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Journal of American College Health (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Keywords
- college student mental health, psychological distress, coping capacity, campus climate, racial conflict, interpersonal factors, institutional factors, personal factors, well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Ethnicity, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Mental Health, Online Systems, Psychometrics, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Statistics as Topic, Stress, Psychological, Students, Universities, Confidence Intervals, Internet, Self Report
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