Exploring the mediating pathways in the relationship between food insecurity and university students’ average grade

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Food insecurity negatively impacts students' average grades, mainly through coping styles and psychological distress.
Participants classified as food insecure showed coping patterns associated with increased psychological distress, affecting 58.5% of the group.
Employing structural equation modelling revealed food insecurity's indirect effects on academic performance, emphasizing pathways of coping and distress.
This study calls for interventions that enhance coping strategies and mental health support for food-insecure students to improve academic outcomes.

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals food insecurity's indirect impact on academic performance through coping styles and psychological distress.

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals food insecurity's indirect impact on academic performance through coping styles and psychological distress.