Citation

Rader NE, Rogers SA, Cossman JS. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): 1077801219826749.

Affiliation

West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219826749

PMID

30798781

Abstract

This article examines how physical health and mental health affect college students' fear of crime. Few studies have examined the influence of fear of crime on both objective and subjective measures of physical and mental health and-to our knowledge-none has examined how health measures vary by sex in the United States. In addition, most of the existing research targets older individuals, rather than college students. Using the ACHA-NCHA data set (American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment), we expand the fear of crime literature by examining both subjective and objective physical and mental health measures among college-aged men and women.

Language: en

Keywords

college population; fear of crime; health conditions; men and women