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Every year thousands of young people take their first steps into adulthood: freshman year of college. When anyone says its freshman year you immediately start thinking of the “freshman freedom”, but what almost all young adults neglect to think about is that the choices you make this year can impact the rest of your life. There are many changes and challenges that come with going off to college; maintaining good mental, physical and sexual health during your first year is one of those challenges. You are learning to balance a rigorous academic schedule on top of a sometimes more interesting social schedule. There are all of these new and exciting experiences from Greek life, to parties, to clubs on campus. With all of these new opportunities maintaining that learned balance is a key factor. Finding time to eat and to eat healthy between classes and social obligations is hard. You also have an enormous new dating field with a different set of rules and standards. The social pressures and the new factors of freedom, drinking and drugs create a new set of choices that could impact the rest of your life. The many sources I have found create the set up for my research. They have provided a vast number of studies, theories and research to many freshman year controversies. They all provide an unbiased foundation and give grave detail into the methods and variables used to come to their conclusion. Each study and the research along with it have all been conducted in different areas and colleges around the United States, along with many different variables such as the number of participants. This will give my paper many different angels and ideas on how to create solutions. Each source goes into depth to each idea they are explaining, from the freshman fifteen to how to maintain good sexual health; while still tying each idea together to give a fuller explanation on how the choices you make now, impact your life forever.

Carithers-Thomas, Jennifer A., et al. "Freshman Fifteen: Fact Or Fiction?." College Student Journal 44.2 (2010): 419-423. Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 25 Oct. 2015 This source gives a study of 52 college freshman trying to validate or negate if the “freshman fifteen” is real. It goes into grave detail about trying to identify the causes for such weight gain only during freshman year. It also gives ideas on methods that can be implicated to control such weight gain such as eating less fast food or requiring a physical education class for all students. This source is relatively current as it was written in 2010. It has an extensive number of references that helped guide the study. It also explains the exact methods used to conduct and record the data to give you a 100% accurate conclusion. It also includes multiple citations throughout the text showing its accuracy. I do not consider this article biased because its true purpose was to conduct a study to either validate or negate the claim of the “freshman fifteen”.

Burke, SC, et al. "Drunkorexia: Calorie Restriction Prior To Alcohol Consumption Among College Freshman." Journal Of Alcohol & Drug Education 54.2 (2010): 17-34 18p. CINAHL Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2015.

This source examines a study of calorie restrictions prior to alcohol consumption among 692 college freshman. It gives information on the major concern of alcohol misuse along with eating disorders. This article also explains why first year students are at higher risk than other other students for more risky behaviors. It also goes into grave detail about the correlation of eating disorders with binge drinking and calorie counting. It gives multiple charts and extensive amounts of data to support the conclusion of the study. This article is relatively current because it was written in August of 2010. It has many sources cited throughout the article adding to its credibility. This study was an unbiased experiment to identify the causes of calorie counting and binge drinking during freshman year. This article is relevant to my topic because it is a developed study on the health of college freshman caused by lack of good decision making as a young adult.

Austin, E. "Addressing Sleep Deprivation In College Students." American Journal For Nurse Practitioners 12.6 (2008): 34-45 9p. CINAHL Complete. Web. 26 Oct. 2015. This source is examines the idea of sleep deprivation in coulee students and how it effects your physical and mental health along with decreased academic performance. It goes into detail about how college students specifically freshman are experiencing their first time away from home and living on their own and do not have someone regularly checking up on their sleeping habits. It also explains the ideas that colleges are always open 24 hours. The library or the game room is always accessible and can keep you awake. Along with roommates or dorm distractions. This article also explains the idea of pharmaceuticals to promote sleep and the positive/negative effects it has on us. This article was written in 2008 so it has relatively current information and statistics about sleep depravation and the side effects of pharmaceuticals. It relates to my topic because it explains the major mental and physical effects it has on the body. It list many references along with adding information from the National Center on Sleep disorders. The purpose of this article is to educate college students on their sleep habits, causes and preventions for bad sleeping habits and if pharmaceuticals are truly helping us or not.

Salandy, Simone, and Mary A. Nies. "The Effect Of Nutrition On The Stress Management, Interpersonal Relationships, And Alcohol Consumption Of College Freshmen." College Student Affairs Journal 31.1 (2013): 69-76. Education Research Complete. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.

This article and study is used to identify the correlation of stress management, nutrition and alcohol consumption among college freshman. The study included 167 freshman raging of ages. It goes into detail about how going off to college is making a huge lifestyle change and you are faced with many new choices and challenges for the first time on your own. It also gives information on how stress effects weight gain during your freshman year. This article gives many valid references to show its credibility. It also gives all the information needed to know the study was unbiased and has an accurate conclusion. It includes all of the variables and information on the participates. It was written in March of 2013 so it is a very current article with current statistics and information. It relates to my topic by explaining the negative effects stress, bad nutrition and alcohol abuse has on the average college freshman.

Vail-Smith, Karen, et al. "Sexual Behaviors During The First Year Of College: An Exploratory Comparison Of First And Second Semester Freshmen." American Journal Of Sexuality Education 5.2 (2010): 171-188. ERIC. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.

This article goes into detail about the transition from high school to your freshman year of college and what they means for your sexual behaviors. It explains why freshman are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior. This article also includes a study of the differences in sexual behavior between the first semester of freshman year and the second. This study is relatively current as it was done in 2010 at Eastern Carolina University. It provides many references to add to its accuracy throughout the article. It also includes all of the variables and methods used during the study to show its conclusion is accurate. It is relevant to my topic because it gives multiple deep explanations on how many, and why college freshman participate in risky sexual behavior.