Social determinants of mental health: the roles of traumatic events, financial strain, housing instability, food insecurity, and commute time.

Objective: To identify social determinants of mental health embedded within college students' living and learning conditions.

Participants: Participants included 215 mostly undergraduate (95%) business students at a diverse, urban west coast public university (48% women; mean age 24).

Methods: Participants completed an online self-report survey measuring affective state, global mental health, anxious and depressive symptoms, as well as social determinants of mental health.