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Risk taking profiles among college students: An examination of health-risk taking, anti-racism action, and college functioning.
- Source :
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Journal of American College Health . Jul2024, Vol. 72 Issue 5, p1419-1427. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: This study expands the literature on risk taking among college students by exploring anti-racism action as a form of positive risk taking. Participants: 346 Black (64%) and Latinx (36%) college students (85% female) ages 18–27 years (M = 18.75, SD = 1.31). Methods: Participants responded to questionnaires on anti-racism action, health-risk taking, and college functioning. Latent class analysis identified behavioral profiles of risk takers. Indicators of profile membership and associations with college functioning were examined. Results: Three profiles emerged: moderate overall risk taking, high health-risk taking, and high anti-racism action. Personal experience with discrimination was associated with a greater likelihood of health-risk taking. Students in the high anti-racism profile evinced greater educational functioning than those in the high-health risk taking profile. Conclusions: Risky behavior on college campuses is not homogeneous. Specific interventions and support networks are necessary to support students falling within specific risk profiles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CORPORATE culture
*RISK-taking behavior
*HEALTH attitudes
*RESEARCH funding
*UNIVERSITIES & colleges
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*STRUCTURAL equation modeling
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*MEMBERSHIP
*CHI-squared test
*ANTI-racism
*EXPERIENCE
*ODDS ratio
*HEALTH behavior
*ACADEMIC achievement
*SOCIAL adjustment
*COLLEGE students
*DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
*CONFIDENCE intervals
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07448481
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of American College Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178088461
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2077636