The Effect of Living-Learning Program Participation on College Students' Mental Health

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dc.contributor.advisorHummel, Mary Len_US
dc.contributor.authorFink, John E.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-10T05:39:14Z
dc.date.available2012-07-10T05:39:14Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis used Astin's (1993) I-E-O framework to explore how participation in a living-learning program as well as other college environments affected college students' mental health. Data from seven unique institutions that administered an additional mental health module as a part of the 2008 and 2009 National Study of Living-Learning Programs were used in this study. Independent samples t tests, chi-squared tests, and multiple regression were the statistical methods used to investigate three research questions with Keyes et al. (2008) Mental Health Continuum - Short Form (MHC-SF) as the dependent variable. The final predictive model explained 33.5% and 37.6% of the variance in students' MHC-SF scores in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Findings did not evidence a predictive relationship between students' participation in a living-learning program and their mental health. Several aspects of the college environment favorably predicted students' mental health, including ease with transition to college, socially supportive residence hall climate, self-confidence, sense of belonging, and sense of civic engagement. Other variables unfavorably predicted students' mental health, including identification as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, as well as emotional consequences of alcohol use. This study's findings offer implications for practitioners and directions for future research.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12811
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHigher educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcollege studentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledliving-learning programen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmental healthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpositive psychologyen_US
dc.titleThe Effect of Living-Learning Program Participation on College Students' Mental Healthen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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