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Over the years, there has been an increased severity and complexity of mental health problems among college students all over the world, emphasizing in Mexico and China. The focus of this research is to investigate the mental health of Chinese and Mexican students through a nationwide sample. The researchers employed secondary data analysis, data from the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment, students’ demographic information was computed and separated, and research questions were analyzed with specific descriptive statistical methods. This study helps faculty members and other university personnel who work with either Mexican or Chinese students to better understand and improve their mental health status.
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I want to especially acknowledge two classmates who collaborated with me in the data collection: Bibiana Guerrero, and Lia Rivas. I want to thank some of the wonderful professors at Universidad Panamericana who have helped me to fulfill this investigation: Carlos Aceves and Paulina Manzano.
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Rivero-Orozco, B., Rossa-Sierra, A., Cortes-Chavez, F. (2020). Mental Health in Different College Education Systems. In: Nazir, S., Ahram, T., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50896-8_27
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