Transitions in Risk-Behavior Profiles among First-Year College Students

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• Alternative Title:
  J Am Coll Health
• Personal Author:
  Romm, Katelyn F. ; Metzger, Aaron ; Gentzler, Amy L. ; Turiano, Nicholas A.
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  The current study utilized a longitudinal person-centered approach (latent transition analysis; LTA) to assess transitions into and out of risk-behavior profiles during the transition into and throughout the first year of college.
  
  Participants:
  
  Participants included 579 first-year college students (Mage=18.13, SD=.94) from a large mid-Atlantic university.
  
  Methods:
  
  Participants completed surveys at five points throughout their freshman year.
  
  Results:
  
  LTA suggested that most individuals either abstained from engaging in risk behaviors or transitioned towards profiles of less risk over time. A smaller portion of individuals either began and ended the year in the same risk profile or transitioned into profiles of greater risk.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  The findings highlight the importance of utilizing person-centered analyses to examine change in multiple health-risk behaviors.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Humans Risk-Taking Students Surveys And Questionnaires Universities
• Keywords:
  First-year College Students Latent Transition Analysis Physical Activity Risky Sexual Behaviors Substance Use
• Source:
  J Am Coll Health. 70(7):2210-2219
• Pubmed ID:
  33289606
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8650108
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 CA225520/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 GM104942/GM/NIGMS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005004/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 MD015946/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R25 DA054015/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:27acf07ca08da743808b78f77f1fa93984bf1bf88cd56bd74b1549fa302323ca1e309c373348113fdd1e6eb6ba6c16c981edd54af0d2a2b2ec760d317d4e40b8
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