Aspects of Campus Climate and Mental Health Threats: The Role of Hypervigilance

Autor/inn/en	Timmerman, Joanna R.; Volpe, V.
Titel	Aspects of Campus Climate and Mental Health Threats: The Role of Hypervigilance
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 71 (2023) 3, S.695-704 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Timmerman, Joanna R.) ORCID (Volpe, V.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2021.1904954
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Mental Health; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Educational Environment; Psychological Patterns; Stimuli; Responses; Social Status; Anxiety; Depression (Psychology); Sense of Community; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Anreizsystem; Sozialer Status; Angst
Abstract	Objective: This study sought to examine if hypervigilance is one mechanism through which aspects of less supportive campus climates are associated with mental health symptoms for college students. Participants: Data from 386 undergraduate college students attending a small college in the northeastern United States were collected. Methods: Participants completed online surveys which employed established measures of study variables. Results: Hypervigilance mediated the association between subjective social status and symptoms of anxiety and depression; lower subjective social status was associated with greater hypervigilance and greater hypervigilance was associated with more symptoms of anxiety and depression. Less sense of community was also directly associated with more anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms. Conclusions: Hypervigilance may be an adaptive strategy to protect against psychosocial harm for low status members of the campus community, but may damage longer-term mental health. Implications for higher education administrators are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01