Wellness among African-American and Caucasian students attending a predominantly White institution.

The wellness movement is growing on college campuses; however, the examination of race is lacking. We examined aspects of physical and emotional well-being as a function of race in 197 college students at a predominantly White institution. Results revealed racial differences on diet, (1, 196) = 7.537,  = 0.007 and resilient coping, (1, 196) = 8.614,  = 0.004. Furthermore, regression analyses revealed that the association between stress and coping was moderated by race ((1, 196) = 8.196,  = 0.005), demonstrating that Whites and Blacks experience and cope with stressors in differing ways. Findings of this study suggest that race is an influential factor of wellness and subsequent well-being in college students.