Minority College Student Mental Health

Does Majority Status Matter? Implications for College Counseling Services

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4455322
AutoresKellie M Smith (Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.), Megan S Chesin (Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.), Megan Chesin (0009-0006-4615-1236, New York State Psychiatric Institute), Elizabeth L Jeglic (0000-0002-4870-2269, Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.)
Año2014
Volumen42
Número2
Páginas77-92
Fecha de publicación2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0883-8534 • E-ISSN: 2161-1912
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.2161-1912.2014.00046.x
OpenAlexW2077838614
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas73

This study compared mental health among diverse college students to understand whether majority status buffered hypothesized relationships between poor mental health outcomes and minority status. Contrary to expectations, students at the majority-minority college (i.e., the college in which the majority of students were ethnic minorities), regardless of race or ethnicity, reported poorer mental health than their White peers at the predominantly White college. Internalizing symptoms were associated with minority race or ethnicity. These findings may inform the adaptation of college mental health services for diverse student bodies.Este estudio comparó la salud mental de diversos estudiantes universitarios para comprender si el estatus de mayoría amortigua las hipotéticas relaciones entre el estatus de minoría y pobres resultados en salud mental. Contrariamente a lo que se esperaba, los estudiantes en universidades con mayoría minoritaria (es decir, universidades en las que la mayoría de estudiantes pertenece a minorías étnicas) reportaron peor salud mental, sin importar su raza o etnicidad, que sus compañeros blancos en universidades predominantemente blancas. Se asociaron síntomas de interiorización con raza o etnicidad minoritaria. Estos resultados pueden proporcionar información para la adaptación de los servicios de salud mental en campus para distintos grupos de estudiantes universitarios

College health · Ethnic group · Family medicine · Mental health · Psychiatry · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gerontology