Mental Health and Substance Use among Sexual Minority College Athletes and HIV-Positive Adolescents in Tanzania: A Study
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Article 1
Davoren, K. A., & Kroshus, E. (2016). Mental health and substance use of sexual minority
college athletes. Journal of American College Health, 371-379. Retrieved from:
file:///C:/Users/BAT/Downloads/2141768_1930274932_Article1.pdf
Davoren & Kroshus (2016) analyze the connection between substance use, mental health,
and the sexual minority groups featuring the athletic and non-athletic college students. The
research concludes that athletic and nonathletic students experience disparities in mental health
based on their sexual orientation. The participants of the survey are undergraduates who obtained
their American College Health Associations National College Health Assessment between 2008
and 2012. The results indicate that the student-athletes within the sexual minority group faced
greater health difficulties than the heterosexual athletes. In the findings, the sexual minority male
athletes and nonathletic had substantially similar mental health effects. On the other hand, the
sexual minority females were better than the non-athletic peers were. Both athletic and non-
athletic sexual minority students demonstrated greater use of a substance influenced by their
mental health condition.
This research is a contribution towards research focusing on college sexual behavior. It
supports theorists who state that bisexual students are less likely to participate in team sports
because of marginalization and stigmatization. As a result, the sexual minority groups engaged in
risky behavior such as drug abuse, which was a coping mechanism for this threat. The
exploratory research uses techniques such as mediation for statistic evaluation. Although the
research is successful in defining its hypothesis it fails to present a clear description of mental
health as an abnormal condition caused by stress. Therefore, it must also contain specific
interventions strategies because mental health disorder covers a wide array of diseases (Botella,
et al., 2017).
Davoren, K. A., & Kroshus, E. (2016). Mental health and substance use of sexual minority
college athletes. Journal of American College Health, 371-379. Retrieved from:
file:///C:/Users/BAT/Downloads/2141768_1930274932_Article1.pdf
Davoren & Kroshus (2016) analyze the connection between substance use, mental health,
and the sexual minority groups featuring the athletic and non-athletic college students. The
research concludes that athletic and nonathletic students experience disparities in mental health
based on their sexual orientation. The participants of the survey are undergraduates who obtained
their American College Health Associations National College Health Assessment between 2008
and 2012. The results indicate that the student-athletes within the sexual minority group faced
greater health difficulties than the heterosexual athletes. In the findings, the sexual minority male
athletes and nonathletic had substantially similar mental health effects. On the other hand, the
sexual minority females were better than the non-athletic peers were. Both athletic and non-
athletic sexual minority students demonstrated greater use of a substance influenced by their
mental health condition.
This research is a contribution towards research focusing on college sexual behavior. It
supports theorists who state that bisexual students are less likely to participate in team sports
because of marginalization and stigmatization. As a result, the sexual minority groups engaged in
risky behavior such as drug abuse, which was a coping mechanism for this threat. The
exploratory research uses techniques such as mediation for statistic evaluation. Although the
research is successful in defining its hypothesis it fails to present a clear description of mental
health as an abnormal condition caused by stress. Therefore, it must also contain specific
interventions strategies because mental health disorder covers a wide array of diseases (Botella,
et al., 2017).
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