ERIC Number: EJ778328
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 8
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High-Risk Health and Credit Behavior among 18- to 25-Year-Old College Students
Adams, Troy; Moore, Monique
Journal of American College Health, v56 n2 p101-108 Sep-Oct 2007
The number of students accumulating credit card debt--and the amount of debt itself--on college campuses is increasing. If high-risk credit and health behavior are associated, health behavior interventions might apply to high-risk credit behavior. Objective: The authors' purpose was to examine these possible associations. Participants and Methods: They used a retrospective design with existing data from a sample of 45,213 US college students and several ordinal regression models, which corresponded with high priority college health issues. Results: Students with high-risk credit behavior were more likely to have driven after drinking, used amphetamines in the previous 30 days, felt functionally impaired by depression in the previous 12 months, had a higher body mass index (BMI), or had a lower grade-point average (GPA). They were less likely to have participated in vigorous physical activity, used condoms for oral or vaginal sex in the prior 30 days, or used marijuana. The findings support the notion that high-risk health and credit behaviors are associated. Conclusions: Further research could clarify the nature of this relation. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: College Students, Campuses, Body Composition, Physical Activities, Grade Point Average, Health Behavior, Debt (Financial), Credit (Finance), Depression (Psychology), Drinking, Motor Vehicles, High Risk Students, Drug Use, Sexuality
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