TY - JOUR
T1 - Distress among undergraduates
T2 - Marginality, stressors and resilience resources
AU - Nurius, Paula S.
AU - Sefidgar, Yasaman S.
AU - Kuehn, Kevin S.
AU - Jung, Jake
AU - Zhang, Han
AU - Figueira, Olivia
AU - Riskin, Eve A.
AU - Dey, Anind K.
AU - Mankoff, Jennifer C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objective: This study addresses mental health concerns among university students, examining cumulative stress exposure as well as resilience resources. Participants: Participants were 253 first- and second-year undergraduate students (age = 18.76; 49.80% male, 69% students of color) enrolled at a large western US university. Methods: Data were obtained from a cross-sectional online survey examining marginalized statuses and multiple stressors alongside coping responses, adaptive self-concept, and social support as predictors of stress, anxiety, and depression. Results: Multivariate regressions demonstrated significant associations between stress exposures and lower levels of resilience resources with each mental health indicator (with substantial R 2 of.49-.60). Although stressor exposures accounted for significant increases in mental health concerns, their exploratory power was attenuated by resilience resources (e.g., beta decreases from.25 to.16). Conclusions: Better understanding cumulative adversity/resilience resource profiles, particularly among marginalized students, can help universities in prioritizing institutional support responses toward prevention and mitigating psychological distress.
AB - Objective: This study addresses mental health concerns among university students, examining cumulative stress exposure as well as resilience resources. Participants: Participants were 253 first- and second-year undergraduate students (age = 18.76; 49.80% male, 69% students of color) enrolled at a large western US university. Methods: Data were obtained from a cross-sectional online survey examining marginalized statuses and multiple stressors alongside coping responses, adaptive self-concept, and social support as predictors of stress, anxiety, and depression. Results: Multivariate regressions demonstrated significant associations between stress exposures and lower levels of resilience resources with each mental health indicator (with substantial R 2 of.49-.60). Although stressor exposures accounted for significant increases in mental health concerns, their exploratory power was attenuated by resilience resources (e.g., beta decreases from.25 to.16). Conclusions: Better understanding cumulative adversity/resilience resource profiles, particularly among marginalized students, can help universities in prioritizing institutional support responses toward prevention and mitigating psychological distress.
KW - Coping
KW - mental health
KW - resilience
KW - stress
KW - undergraduate
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2021.1935969
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2021.1935969
M3 - Article
C2 - 34232850
AN - SCOPUS:85109962827
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 71
SP - 1445
EP - 1453
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 5
ER -