Division of Community Health and Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Sociol Health Illn. 2021 Jan;43(1):220-237. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13212. Epub 2020 Oct 28.
A growing but limited body of research has identified the college student population as one that is particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. Early estimates of food insecurity prevalence among college students range from 14 to 60 per cent. The present study utilises original survey data collected from a random sample (n = 300) of college students enrolled at an urban university in the Midwest region of the United States of America (USA). This study examines the impact of food insecurity on health outcomes and the mediation of this relationship by subjective social status among college students. Ordinary least squares (OLS) and logistic regression analyses find that food insecurity is related to worse self-rated, physical and mental health among college students, and Sobel-Goodman tests find that subjective social status plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between food insecurity and health among college students. The implications of these findings in a university context are discussed using a psychosocial framework and insights from the stress process model. In doing so, I discuss food insecurity among college students with an emphasis on the social significance of food and food insecurity.
越来越多但有限的研究表明，大学生群体特别容易受到粮食不安全的影响。早期对大学生粮食不安全发生率的估计范围从 14%到 60%不等。本研究利用了从美国中西部一所城市大学随机抽取的（n=300）大学生的原始调查数据。本研究考察了粮食不安全对健康结果的影响，以及在大学生中，主观社会地位对这种关系的中介作用。普通最小二乘法（OLS）和逻辑回归分析发现，粮食不安全与大学生自评健康、身体和心理健康状况较差有关，Sobel-Goodman 检验发现，主观社会地位在粮食不安全与大学生健康之间的关系中起着重要的中介作用。本文利用社会心理框架和压力过程模型的观点，讨论了这些发现对大学环境的影响。在这样做的过程中，我讨论了大学生的粮食不安全问题，重点强调了粮食和粮食不安全的社会意义。
