scholarly journals Overweight and Obesity Among Chinese College Students: An Exploration of Gender as Related to External Environmental Influences

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 926-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhan Jiang ◽  
Sihui Peng ◽  
Tingzhong Yang ◽  
Randall R. Cottrell ◽  
Lu Li
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Sampling Process ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
University City ◽  
Gender Specific

While many studies have examined factors associated with overweight and obesity among college students, no study has yet compared gender differences influencing overweight and obesity using a multilevel framework. The present study examines different influences on overweight and obesity between men and women at both individual and environmental levels. Participants were 11,673 college students identified through a multistage survey sampling process conducted in 50 Chinese universities. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 9.5% (95% CI [7.7, 11.3]) in the overall study sample, 13.9% (95% CI [11.5, 16.7]) in males and 6.1% (95% CI [4.1, 8.1]) in females, respectively. We found that higher family income, perceived life stress, home region GDP, and university city unemployment were associated with higher overweight and obesity levels in males, independent of other individual- and city-level covariates. However, unlike male students, only unemployment was associated with overweight and obesity among females. Our research indicates Chinese males are more susceptible to overweight and obesity, and are more easily influenced by external variants than Chinese females. This information should be considered in formulating gender-specific policies and designing and implementing effective interventions to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young adult male college students.

scholarly journals Factors Associated With Smoking Intentions Among Chinese College Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155798831881828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanling Wu ◽  
Hong Fan ◽  
Zhenyou Guo ◽  
Liangmin Wei
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Former Smokers ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Significant Factors

Smoking intention is a strong predictor of future smoking behavior. The aim of this study is to identify the significant factors associated with smoking intention among Chinese college students. A total of 2,827 students in Eastern, Middle, and Western regions of China, randomly selected using a multistage sampling method, completed the self-administered questionnaires. The association of independent variables with smoking intention was evaluated using the logistic regression model. Overall, the proportion of college students with a strong smoking intention was 6.9%. Male students (odds ratio [OR] 2.205, 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.374, 3.538]), those students whose mothers smoked (OR 3.328, 95% CI [1.527, 7.252]), those whose mothers had a higher educational level (OR 0.583, 95% CI [0.346, 0.984]), current smokers (OR 14.081, 95% CI [9.306, 21.307]), former smokers (OR 3.824, 95% CI [1.728, 8.463]), and those for whom most (OR 2.663, 95% CI [1.348, 5.261]) or a few (OR 1.826, 95% CI [1.045, 3.191]) of their closest friends were smokers had statistically significant associations with the smoking intentions of Chinese college students. Further studies are needed to elucidate mechanisms and pathways across various factors, and these factors should be incorporated into future multilevel interventions designed to decrease smoking intention among college students.

scholarly journals Mandatory Physical Education Classes of Two Hours per Week Can Be Comparable to Losing More than Five Kilograms for Chinese College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9182
Author(s):  
Dawei Bao ◽  
Zixiang Xiao ◽  
Yuanyuan Zhang ◽  
Gang Chen ◽  
Xinyu Miao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Muscular Endurance ◽  
Physical Fitness Test ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Fitness Tests

Despite releases of governmental guidelines for promoting physical fitness among the youth in China, the performance of college students in fitness tests has been declining over the past three decades. Obesity and physical inactivity have been proposed as two main causes. However, their relative importance for improving physical fitness remains unclear. To address this knowledge gap, we collected longitudinal data spanning four consecutive years on the physical fitness test for students from Nanjing University, China. Physical education classes of two hours per week were mandatory for the first two years. Using mixed effects models, we quantify the within-subject effects of weight, muscular endurance, sex, and mandatory physical education courses, among other variables, on physical fitness total score. We found that, in spite of the dominance of normal weight among the students, losing weight was positively associated with the total score, with significant sex differences in the associations. Compulsory exercise provided by physical education classes per week had strong positive impacts on the total score, comparable to losing weight of roughly 15–17 kg for males and 5–10 kg for females. Half sex difference in the total score was explained by male students’ poor performance in the muscular endurance represented by pull-ups. Our results suggest that college students in China should engage in physical activity of higher levels to improve their physical fitness, with a heightened awareness of extra fat under normal weight and insufficient muscular endurance.

scholarly journals Does Religious Belief Affect Volunteering and Donating Behavior of Chinese College Students?

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Fuman Xie ◽  
Yung-pin Lu ◽  
Yongfu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Charitable Giving ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Donation Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Limited research has been conducted in mainland China to explore the relationship between religious belief and prosocial behaviors such as volunteering and charitable donation. This study aims to investigate whether and how religious belief affects Chinese college students’ charitable giving and volunteering. Based on a survey of 1992 college students from five universities in Shanghai, the authors found that religious belief has a positive influence on charitable giving. Moral norms and family income level are also significant influencing factors in college students’ donation behavior. Religious belief does not affect volunteering frequency. Instead, volunteering intensity is affected by political status, social norms exerted by friends and families and volunteering motivations.

Role of Virtues and Perceived Life Stress in Affecting Psychological Symptoms Among Chinese College Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjie Duan ◽  
Samuel M. Y. Ho ◽  
Bowie P. Y. Siu ◽  
Tingting Li ◽  
Yonghong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Chinese College Students

scholarly journals Violent Injuries Among College Students in China: An Exploration of Gender Mental Stress Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 155798832093650
Author(s):  
Tingzhong Yang ◽  
Huihui Wang ◽  
Weifang Zhang ◽  
Jialu Fu ◽  
Huan Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mental Stress ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Gender Specific

The purpose of this study was to explore the gender-specific mental stress model of violent injuries among Chinese college students. A cross-sectional, multistage sampling process was employed to recruit a total of 5025 college students from 22 universities in China. Survey respondents reported their exposure to violent injuries and noted individual and environmental factors that could relate to violent injuries. Both unadjusted and adjusted statistical methods were used to examine the relationships between selected individual and environmental variables with violent injuries among male and female college students. The overall prevalence of violent injuries among male and female college students in this study was 4.40% (95% CI [0.10%, 7.80%]) and 5.20% (95% CI [0.05%, 10.35%]). The study found that higher mental stress (OR: 3.32), lower level universities (OR: 5.99), and family location in rural areas (OR: 4.00) were associated with a higher likelihood of violent injuries, and mothers employed as professionals (OR: 0.07) was associated with lower prevalence of violent injuries among male students. Unlike male students, mental stress and mothers’ occupation were not associated with violent injuries among female students. University type was also associated with violent injuries but this association was inverted (OR: 0.06) among female students. This study found gender-specific relationships affecting violent injuries among college students in China. Prevention strategies need to be developed in consideration of gender influences and should be enacted to reduce the negative impact of violent injuries on society and personal health in China.

scholarly journals Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward Depression Among Male and Female, Medical and Non-medical Major College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyu He ◽  
Qiuxia Wu ◽  
Yuzhu Hao ◽  
Shubao Chen ◽  
Tieqiao Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes

Background: Stigma is often reported to be a barrier to the treatment and rehabilitation of depression. However, little is known about stigma toward people with depression among college students in China.Methods: Using a questionnaire with a case vignette describing depression, a total of 1,056 students from nine colleges/universities in Hunan Province of China were included in this study. The questionnaire addressed the attitudes toward depression and the desire for keeping a distance from depressed individuals. The current study explored the stigma attitudes of college students toward people with depression and the desire for social distancing, as well as the gender (male and female) and major (medical and non-medical) differences.Results: Over half of the respondents agreed that people described in the vignette were “dangerous” (60.7%) and “could snap out of the problem” (58.7%). Compared with female students, males were more likely to agree that “If I had this problem, I would not tell anyone” (7.0 vs. 13.2%, p = 0.001); compared with non-medical students, medical students were more likely to agree that “The problem is a sign of personal weakness” (38.0 vs. 50.0%, p < 0.001). A lot of respondents would be unwilling to “marry into the family of people with depression” (71.1%) or “work closely with them” (45.1%). Compared with male students, females were more unwilling to “work closely with them” (40.3 vs. 47.5%, p = 0.026).Conclusion: This study found that a high proportion of Chinese college students showed stigma toward and desire for social distancing from people with depression, male students and medical major students showed higher stigma in some subscale items toward people with depression. The present results suggest that more anti-stigma interventions should be applied for Chinese college students to help prevent or reduce stigma attitudes toward people with depression.

scholarly journals Impact of scholastic stress among academic learners: a pragmatic study of ug & pg students in r.r. district

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-287
Author(s):  
Venkata Siva Kumar S ◽  
Siva Prasad A V V ◽  
Vijaya Kumar P
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Emotional Factors ◽  
Family Factor ◽  
Heavy Work Load ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Heavy Work ◽  
Advance Knowledge

For many young adults, college is the best time of life. These critical years can also be undetermined by depression, anxiety and stress. Students are very likely to experience some or many stressors which may test their ability to cope: adapting to a new environment, balancing a heavy work load, making new friends, becoming more independent. Looking from a closer perspective, the college students’ encounters a number of challenges in his day to day life. The present paper examines the sources and effects of stress on the professional college students. It is hoped that the findings of the present study will assist college students to deal with stress and help advance knowledge on coping strategies to face life stress. This paper is to investigate the sources of stress among college students pursuing B. Tech, B. Pharmacy, MBA, MCA etc., in select colleges from Moinabad mandal, R.R. District, Telangana State. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect research data. Research findings suggested that male students feel stronger stress from family factor than female  ones; students in higher grades feel more stress from physical/mental and emotional factors

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on The Personality Differences Between Tibetan and Chinese College Students——Look at Temperament Types in Paintings

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Hua Xu ◽  
Qiyu Liu ◽  
Jiyuzhen De
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Disorder Degree ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Behavior

Objective: To explore new ideas by comparing the individual differences reflected in the paintings of Tibetan and Han college students,in order to better carry out the mental health education of Tibetan college students to accumulate information. Methods: Firstly, according to the four temperament types, the painting characteristics were classified.Secondly, by comparing and analyzing the painting characteristics of 1221 college students’ HTP test (including 704 Han people, 517 Tibetan people, 403 male students and 818 female students), it is found that there are significant differences in the characteristics of line, disorder degree and facial features emphasis in the paintings of Han and Tibetan college students. Results: There are significant differences between Han and Tibetan college students in Sanguine temperament dimension (t = -5.066, P < 0.05). Conclusion: People with different temperament types often have different thinking and behavior styles, Tibetan college students have been influenced by their own culture and traditional habits since they were young, with obvious personality characteristics, therefore, it is better to carry out ideological and political education or psychological assistance on the basis of understanding their psychological and behavioral characteristics and combining their personality characteristics.

scholarly journals Prevalence and associated factors of minimally invasive facial cosmetic surgery in Chinese college students

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingyue Jin ◽  
Mireille Twayigira ◽  
Wenjing Zhang ◽  
Xueping Gao ◽  
Xuerong Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Self Rating

Abstract Background Minimally invasive facial cosmetic surgery (MIFCS) is becoming more and more popular and acceptable in Chinese young people, and it influences people in many aspects. However, there is little research on the associations between MIFCS and psychopathology in Chinese college students. The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of MIFCS and its associated factors among Chinese college students. Methods A cross-sectional design was applied in this study. A total of 8089 students completed an online questionnaire on demographic data, depressive symptoms (Self-Rating Depression Scale), anxiety symptoms (Self-Rating Anxiety Scale) and MIFCS. Logistic regression was used to identify independent factors associated with MIFCS. Results The prevalence of MIFCS in Chinese college students was 2.7% (221/8098). Students with MIFCS were more likely to be from urban areas, from a single child household, experience depression or anxiety and have a history of smoking (all p < 0.05). They were also less likely to be right-handed or have a good relationship with father or mother (all p < 0.05). Binary logistic regression showed that older age (OR,1.162; 95%CI [1.061,1.273]), female sex (OR,1.837; 95%CI [1.352, 2.497]), community (urban) (OR,0.601; 95%CI [0.441,0.818]), right-handedness (OR,0.668; 95%CI [0.454,0.985]), depressive symptoms (OR, 4.708; 95%CI [1.690,13.112]), family income (30,000–70,000 yuan per year) (OR,0.572; 95%CI [0.403,0.812]) and smoking (OR,1.571; 95%CI [1.09,2.423]) were independently associated with MIFCS. Conclusions Minimally invasive facial cosmetic surgery (MIFCS) is very common in Chinese college students, indicating the importance of paying attention to MIFCS. This study provides valuable evidence for college counselors and doctors in the cosmetic department to provide better and healthier services to students who undergo MIFCS, especially those with depressive symptoms.

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