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Research Blog#10: Abstract and Bibliography

Abstract Over the past decades privatization has led to the steady increase of tuition and with it so has the number of reported cases of anxiety among college students. This paper will demonstrate how the privatization of higher education can be directly linked to the mental health crisis among college students due to the financial burden and academic pressure it puts on them. In addition to this I will be looking at how privatization further worsens the problem it has created by preventing and attempt at solving it, how it prevents colleges from meeting the demand for mental health services. I will build this argument by citing various different studies and academic sources that highlight how the privatization and anxiety are connected.   Works Cited Beiter, R., et al. "The Prevalence and Correlates of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Sample of College Students."  Journal of Affective Disorders , vol. 173, 01 Mar. 2015, p. 90-96. EBSC
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Literary Review #5

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  Beiter, R., et al. "The Prevalence and Correlates of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Sample of College Students."  Journal of Affective Disorders , vol. 173, 01 Mar. 2015, p. 90-96. EBSCO host , doi:10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.054. This reading is about a study conducted on a sample of college students to determine if there is a correlation between their concerns and the increase report of anxiety. The results indicated that the top three concerns were academic performance, pressure to succeed, and post-graduation plans. Demographically, the most stressed, anxious, and depressed students were transfers, upperclassmen, and those living off-campus. Beiter, R. a Nash, R. a McCrady, M. a Rhoades, D. a Linscomb, M. a Clarahan, M. a Sammut, S. a a Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work, Franciscan University of Steubenville Depression: “self-disparaging, dispirited, gloomy, blue, conv
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Literary Review #4

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Booth, R., et al. "The Age of Anxiety? It Depends Where You Look: Changes in STAI Trait Anxiety, 1970-2010."  Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology , vol. 51, no. 2, Feb. 2016, pp. 193-202. EBSCO host , doi:10.1007/s00127-015-1096-0. This was a study done to see if anxiety has really been increasing worldwide or if it is only impacting certain populations. They used population-level surveys and the results showed a significant  anxiety  increase worldwide, but the pattern was less clear in many individual nations. The analyses also suggest that although  anxiety  may have increased worldwide, it might not be increasing as dramatically as previously thought, except in specific populations, such as North American students. Booth, R. a Sharma, D. b Leader, T c Booth, R W d Leader, T I e a Department of Psychology, MEF University, Ayazağa Cad. No 4, Maslak-Sarıyer 34396 İstanbul Turkey b Sch
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Literary Review #3

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Walsemann, Katrina M., Gilbert C. Gee, and Danielle Gentile. "Sick of our loans: Student borrowing and the mental health of young adults in the United States."  Social Science & Medicine 124 (2015): 85-93. This study looks at how student loans have become increasingly commonplace among college students and that although these loans facilitate the acquisition of human capital in the form of education, they also lead to stress and worries related to repayment. The results of this study found that student loans are associated with poorer psychological functioning while enrolled in school as well as in early adulthood. That is that not only does it increase anxiety during college but this anxiety follows you after graduation as well as the debt. Katrina M. Walsemann a Gilbert C. Gee b Danielle Gentile a a Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health
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