Approach/Avoidance Coping among Community College Students and Applications for Student Affairs Professionals

Abstract

Community college student affairs practitioners are increasingly involved in mental health programming; however, much of research around collegiate mental health uses data from four-year institutions. The present study examines coping behaviors among 81 students engaged with a community college counseling center to understand which coping strategies students used and how coping correlates with depression and anxiety symptomatology. Implications for student affairs practice and future research are discussed.