In the framework of the uncontrollable mortality risk hypothesis, resource scarcity intersects with mortality risk, shaping resource allocation strategies with enduring impacts on human health and wellbeing. Despite rising economic and food insecurity among US college students, little is known about how these insecurities relate to mortality risk, or how scarcity and mortality risk interact to shape college students' resource allocation strategies. We examine perceptions of resource scarcity and mortality risk and their associations with food insecurity and resource allocation strategies among economically insecure college students during COVID‐19 lockdowns. Participants were recruited through an economic crisis response center at a major public university in the United States. A total of 118 participants completed an online Qualtrics survey assessing sociodemographic characteristics, perceptions of mortality risk and resource availability, food security, economic effort, and time perspective; a subset (n = 51) also participated in a telephone interview assessing psychological distress. In general, participants reported more environmental adversity and economic effort during COVID‐19 lockdowns compared to before. Students experiencing higher levels of uncontrollable (and not controllable) mortality risk report lower levels of economic effort, and the association was strongest among students perceiving the fewest resources. We also found significant associations between uncontrollable mortality risk and food insecurity. Our results highlight uncontrollable mortality risk's influence on human well‐being. Public health efforts should target the experiences and root structural causes of uncontrollable mortality risk, which among economically insecure college students increasingly involves food insecurity.

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COVID-19期间资源缺乏保障的大学生对不可控死亡风险的认知与粮食不安全和经济努力减少有关

在无法控制的死亡风险假说的框架内，资源稀缺与死亡风险相交叉，形成对人类健康和福祉产生持久影响的资源分配策略。尽管美国大学生的经济和粮食不安全状况日益严重，但人们对这些不安全感如何与死亡风险相关，或者稀缺性和死亡风险如何相互作用影响大学生的资源分配策略知之甚少。我们研究了在 COVID-19 封锁期间经济没有保障的大学生对资源稀缺和死亡风险的看法及其与粮食不安全和资源分配策略的关系。参与者是通过美国一所主要公立大学的经济危机应对中心招募的。共有 118 名参与者完成了在线 Qualtrics 调查，评估社会人口特征、对死亡风险和资源可用性的看法、粮食安全、经济努力和时间观点；一个子集（n= 51）还参加了评估心理困扰的电话采访。总体而言，参与者报告说，与之前相比，COVID-19 封锁期间面临更多的环境逆境和经济努力。经历较高水平的不可控（和不可控）死亡风险的学生报告经济努力水平较低，并且这种关联在感知资源最少的学生中最为强烈。我们还发现无法控制的死亡风险与粮食不安全之间存在显着关联。我们的结果强调了无法控制的死亡风险对人类福祉的影响。公共卫生工作应针对无法控制的死亡风险的经历和根本结构性原因，在经济不安全的大学生中，这种风险越来越多地涉及粮食不安全。