Positive Social Relationships as a Mediator of Mental Health Well-Being for HBCU Students With Trauma Exposure

As the college student mental health crisis continues, the role of campus housing organizations remains underexplored as a means of facilitating positive mental health well-being for students. Moreover, this topic has not been adequately explored through the lens of housing organizations at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This study sought to fill this gap by understanding the mediating effects of positive residential relationships on mental health well-being for a sample of first-year college students across three historically Black Colleges and Universities s ( N = 556). Results indicated a moderate mediating effect, underscoring the importance of campus housing’s role in developing community as a means to promote positive mental health well-being.