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April 29, 2014Journal of American College Health

Flourishing: Exploring Predictors of Mental Health Within the College Environment

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JFJohn FinkColumbia University

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Implication

Exploratory study identifies environmental and personal factors influencing mental health in college students, suggesting pathways for improvement.

Key Points

  • Explore factors influencing mental health among college students across multiple universities.
  • Survey measures of mental health, alcohol use, and college engagement completed by 2,620 students across 7 universities in 2008 and 2009.
  • Multiple regression analysis applied to identify predictors of mental health.
  • Supportive college environments, a sense of belonging, professional confidence, and civic engagement positively predicted mental health.
  • Engaged learning measures did not predict mental health outcomes.

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John Fink (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a152e3a9b87f33fc69f4feehttps://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2014.917647
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