ABSTRACT

Research, media sources, and polls have identified negative effects associated with presidential elections. The aim of this research was to investigate associations between US presidential election results and mental health outcomes in university students. This investigation consisted of two independent studies. Study 1 analyzed data collected between the years 2000 and 2016 from students who utilized counseling services (N = 32,506) at a large, private, conservative institution in the western United States. Study 2 analyzed data collected between the years 2010 and 2016 from over 100 university counseling centers across the United States. Upon analyzing the quantitative and qualitative data, the results did not support the findings that presidential elections negatively impact the mental health outcomes of students who receive university counseling services. Furthermore, there was no detectable increase in student distress regardless of election year, age, ethnicity, gender, religion, relationship status, sexual orientation, geographic region, citizenship, and first-generation student status.

摘要

研究、媒体资源和民意调查已经确定了与总统选举相关的负面影响。本研究的目的是调查美国总统选举结果与大学生心理健康结果之间的关联。该调查由两项独立研究组成。研究 1 分析了 2000 年至 2016 年间从美国西部一家大型私立保守机构使用咨询服务的学生 (N = 32,506) 收集的数据。研究 2 分析了 2010 年至 2016 年间从美国 100 多个大学咨询中心收集的数据。在分析定量和定性数据后，结果不支持总统选举对接受大学咨询服务的学生的心理健康结果产生负面影响的调查结果。此外，无论选举年份、年龄、种族、性别、宗教、关系状况、性取向、地理区域、公民身份和第一代学生身份如何，学生的压力都没有明显增加。