Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2023 Apr;71(3):715-724. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1904956. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
To examine prospective associations between physical and mental self-rated health (SRH), college generation status and college adjustment among first-year college students. Eighty-seven first-year college students (41 first-generation college students) reported their SRH when starting college, and then, reported on psychosocial and academic adjustment and health behaviors midway through each semester. Better physical and mental SRH were associated with better psychosocial adjustment in both semesters and academic adjustment in the fall but were generally not predictive of health behaviors. Specifically, better physical SRH was associated with less loneliness (fall: = -.192, = .048; spring: = -.233, = .008) and fewer anxiety symptoms in both semesters (fall: = -.236, = .011; spring: = -.210, = .014) and fewer depressive symptoms (fall: = -.134, = .016) and more fall semester credits ( = .965, = .002). Better mental SRH was associated with greater sense of belonging (fall: = .317, < .001; spring: = .242, = .009), less loneliness (fall: -.210, = .008; spring: = -.181, = .012), and fewer anxiety symptoms (fall: -.193, = .011; spring: -.195, = .006) in both semesters and higher fall semester grade point average ( = .129, = .032). Independent effects of physical and mental SRH are also discussed. Largely, college generation status did not matter for college adjustment within this sample. Physical and mental SRH when starting college may be important indicators of psychosocial adjustment over the first year and academic adjustment in the fall.
为了研究身体和精神自评健康（SRH）、大学代际地位和大一学生的大学适应之间的前瞻性关联。87 名大一学生（41 名第一代大学生）在开始上大学时报告了他们的 SRH，然后在每学期中途报告了心理社会和学业适应以及健康行为。身体和精神 SRH 越好，两个学期的心理社会适应和秋季的学业适应越好，但通常不能预测健康行为。具体而言，身体 SRH 越好，秋季孤独感越低（= -.192， =.048；春季：= -.233， =.008），两个学期焦虑症状越少（秋季：= -.236， =.011；春季：= -.210， =.014），抑郁症状越少（秋季：= -.134， =.016），秋季学期学分越多（=.965， =.002）。心理 SRH 越好，归属感越强（秋季：=.317， <.001；春季：=.242， =.009），孤独感越低（秋季：= -.210， =.008；春季：= -.181， =.012），两个学期焦虑症状越少（秋季：= -.193， =.011；春季：= -.195， =.006），秋季学期平均绩点越高（=.129， =.032）。还讨论了身体和精神 SRH 的独立影响。在这个样本中，大学代际地位对大学适应没有影响。大学开始时的身体和精神 SRH 可能是第一年心理社会适应和秋季学业适应的重要指标。
