Study on mental health status and educational strategies among middle school students in three-gorges area of Chongqing
- VernacularTitle:三峡库区中学生心理健康现状及教育对策
- Author:
Liping LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Three-Gorges area;
Middle school students;
Mental health;
SCL-90;
Countermeasure
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
2007;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To study the mental health status of middle school students in Three-Gorges area of Chongqing in order to provide theory support for mental health education. Methods:1 014 middle school students in Three-Gorges area were tested by SCL-90. Results:The occurrent rate of mental problems with students was 19.8%,of which the first three factors were hostility,compulsiveness and interpersonal sensitivity. Girls’ overall score and mean scores of interpersonal sensitivity, depression,anxiety and phobic anxiety were significantly higher than boys’. The overall score and factor mean scores of senior high school students were significantly higher than those of junior high school students’ except hostility and phobic anxiety factors. The mean scores of interpersonal sensitivity,hostility and phobic anxiety factors were significantly higher than the counterparts in the norms of middle school students,while the mean scores of somatization and anxiety factors were significantly lower than the counterpart in the norms of middle school students. Conclusion:The mental health status of middle school students in Three-Gorges area of Chongqing is poor,and mental health education should be enhanced by all of us.