Race and Socioeconomic Status on the Prevalence of Mental Diseases among College Students
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Race and Socioeconomic Status on the Prevalence of Mental Diseases Among College Students
Introduction
It is imperative to note that social support is vital for college students who experience economic downturns and who always struggle to complete college due to family background’s financial challenges (Sonneville & Lipson, 2018). However, most of the students suffering due to lack of financial support and who come from a socially affected race may experience a higher prevalence of stress and other mental health ailments. There is a need to conduct more research to provide more evidence that such students are at higher risk of mental diseases in colleges or universities (Hefner & Eisenberg, 2009).
Literature Review
The research done by Hefner and Eisenberg (2009) ascertained that lack of social support is the primary contributor to the higher number of college students who suffer. The article is in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (Sonneville & Lipson, 2018). The article’s abstract summarized that the web-based survey result supports the hypothesis that most students with some characteristics different from other students with less economic challenges, international status, and the majority race are at great risk of being socially isolated (Hefner & Eisenberg, 2009). As a result, they develop several mental ailments due to prolonged stress and depression resulting from their status. There should be a controlled group that can be given social support. The results should be measured using a multidimensional scale concerning social support to the racially, socially, and economically distressed students.
Theme 1: Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders Due to Social Disparities
Stress disorders are caused by several factors that have not been mentioned earlier. However, most college students prove that economic downturns and their racial disparities contribute more to most of the stress symptoms. In most cases, stress and depression contribute to eating disorders, among other mental challenges. According to the research done by Sonneville and Lipson (2018), most of the college students experiencing disparities in eating disorders claim that they are victims of social, economic, and racial discrimination. The aspect proves that most college students face the stress that makes them develop several other mental disorders linked to discrimination and inferiority complex resulting from their social status.
Theme 2: Onset of Multiple Mental Health Complications Due to Ethnicity, Socioeconomic, and Racial Differences
Sonneville and Lipson (2018) prove that disparities in eating disorders are linked to ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, and sex among college students who have reported experiencing mental health complaints. Therefore, there is a need to carry out structured research regarding the link between college students’ social, racial, and economic status, the causative factors of mental health ailments. Since the research mentioned above proves that most college students who have mental health disorders suffer most, especially if they are victims of social, economic, and racial challenges, there is a need to enhance research to ascertain that lack of moral support to racially or socially stratified students leads to extreme mental health complications (Sonneville & Lipson, 2018).
Theme 3: Roles of Socioeconomic and Gender Status
The article written by Neblett et al. (2016) outlined a need to analyze the moderating roles of socioeconomic and gender status in determining the link between racial discrimination and psychological adjustment. In that manner, future research is needed to determine the behavioral and cognitive practice concerning mental health disorders that affect most of the college students (Hefner & Eisenberg, 2009). Future research is needed to prove a link between social, racial, and economic disparities to the prevalence of mental health disorders among college students (Neblett et al., 2016; Sonneville & Lipson, 2018). Thus, future research is needed to provide sufficient evidence to prove the hypothesis.
Conclusion
Indeed, social support is vital for college students who experience economic downturns and who always struggle to complete college due to family background’s financial challenges. For that reason, there is a need to conduct more research to provide more evidence that such students are at higher risk of mental diseases in colleges or universities. Most importantly, most students with some characteristics different from other students with less economic challenges, international status, and the majority race are at great risk of being socially isolated. Conversely, disparities in eating disorders are linked to ethnicity, race, socioeconomic background, and sex among college students who have reported mental health complaints. Therefore, future research is needed to determine the behavioral and cognitive practice concerning mental health disorders that affect most college students.
References
Hefner, J., & Eisenberg, D. (2009). Social support and mental health among college students. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 79(4), 491-499.
Neblett Jr, E. W., Bernard, D. L., & Banks, K. H. (2016). The moderating roles of gender and socioeconomic status in the association between racial discrimination and psychological adjustment. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 23(3), 385-397.
Sonneville, K. R., & Lipson, S. K. (2018). Disparities in eating disorder diagnosis and treatment according to weight status, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic background, and sex among college students. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51(6), 518-526.