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Positive Social Relationships as a Mediator of Mental Health Well-Being for HBCU Students With Trauma Exposure

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: As the college student mental health crisis continues, the role of campus housing organizations remains underexplored as a means of facilitating positive mental health well-being for students. Moreover, this topic has not been adequately explored through the lens of housing organizations at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This study sought to fill this gap by understanding the mediating effects of positive residential relationships on mental health well-being for a sample of first-year college students across three historically Black Colleges and Universities s ( N = 556). Results indicated a moderate mediating effect, underscoring the importance of campus housing’s role in developing community as a means to promote positive mental health well-being.

Source: The Journal of College and University Student Housing

DOI: 10.71348/001c.171193

Authors: R. Jason Lynch, James Hairston, Shawn A. Ricks, Jillian Sturdivant

Institutions: Appalachian State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, American University of the Caribbean, Lincoln University

Language: English

Topic: Higher Education Research Studies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7225730341

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