Looking forward to student-athlete mental health: Racial/ethnic trends from 2010 to 2015
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study examined trends in functionally impairing depression, significant anxiety, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among college student-athletes across time, racial/ethnic group, and student-athlete standing. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 39,840 White, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, and Multiracial students who reported participating in "varsity" level college athletics in the past 12 months during the Spring 2010-2015 administrations of the American College of Health Association National College Health Assessment II. METHODS: Chi-square and difference in proportion tests compared mental health rates across time, racial/ethnic groups, and student-athlete status (student-athlete versus non-athlete). RESULTS: Findings suggested a lack of differences in mental health rates between 2010 and 2015, with the exception of a higher rate of anxiety for White student-athletes in 2015. Racial/ethnic comparisons pointed to relatively consistent heightened risks for depression and suicide concerns among Asian/Pacific Islander and Multiracial student-athletes compared to White student-athletes. Student-athlete status appeared most consistently to benefit White student-athletes, whereas there was evidence of potential liability of student-athlete status for Asian/Pacific Islander student-athletes. CONCLUSIONS: Results make the case for adopting a racially/ethnically aware cultural lens when conceptualizing mental health risk and resilience among student-athletes.
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- Authors
- Tran, A. G. T. T.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tran, Alisia G. T. T.
- Venue
- Journal of American College Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2020-02-26
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 942-950
- ISSN
- 0164-4300 (ISSN-L)
- 0744-8481
- 1940-3208
- OpenAlex
- W3008680343
- Semantic Scholar
- 597790bee72081212213c70e259e226236410124
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- References
- 26
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- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- student athletes, college athletics, mental health, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, racial and ethnic disparities, Asian/Pacific Islander students, multiracial students, temporal trends
- MeSH terms
- Ethnicity, Humans, Mental Health, Students, United States, Universities, Athletes
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