The College Health Related Information Survey (C.h.R.I.s.-73): a screen for college student athletes.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the reliability and discriminate validity of a new screening instrument for college student athletes.


METHODS
518 Stanford University students completed the proposed instrument (College Health Related Information Survey-CHRIS-73), which was based on the Juvenile Wellness and Health Survey (JWHS-76) but re-designed to assess mental health domains relevant to college athletes.


RESULTS
Factor analysis yielded four factors: mental health problems, eating problems, risk behaviors, and performance pressure. Factors were internally consistent, reasonably independent, and clearly discriminated between athletes and non-athletes, and males and females.


CONCLUSIONS
This study supports the CHRIS-73 as a useful screen for assessing mental health problems among college student athletes.
Steiner
Hans
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Division of Child Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. steiner@stanford.edu
Pyle
Renee P
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Brassington
Glenn S
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Matheson
Gordon
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King
Michelle
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013177:Sports; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities