Investigation on the mental health condition and the styles of help seeking of college students during the COVID-19 outbreak
10.11886/scjsws20200720001
- VernacularTitle:新冠肺炎疫情下大学生心理健康现状及求助方式调查
- Author:
Lijun LIANG
1
;
Wenzhi HE
1
;
Qianhui WEN
1
;
Yao WANG
1
;
Hudan CHEN
2
;
Junlin WU
2
;
Mingjin HUANG
2
;
Guoping HUANG
1
Author Information
1. Mental Health School of North Sichuan Medical College， Nanchong 637000， China
2. Sichuan Mental Health Center·The Third Hospital of Mianyang， Mianyang 621000， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
COVID-19;
College students;
Mental health;
Styles of help seeking
- From:
Sichuan Mental Health
2021;34(1):19-22
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the mental health condition of college students during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 （COVID-19） ， and to provide accurate basis for their psychological intervention. MethodsThrough the way of electronic questionnaire， questionnaire star as tools， random investigation of college students in a university in Sichuan. Self-rating Anxiety Scale （SAS）， Self-rating Depression Scale （SDS） and Somatization Symptom Scale （SSS） were used to evaluate their anxiety， depression and somatization symptoms. At the same time， a self-made questionnaire was used to investigate their styles of help seeking， and the relationships between them. ResultsA total of 551 valid questionnaires were collected， including 4.90% of anxiety symptoms， 28.68% of depression and 17.97% of somatization symptoms. In terms of somatization， the detection rate was higher in urban college students than those in rural （23.35% vs. 13.27%， P<0.05）， non-medical students was higher than medical students （21.40% vs. 13.89%， P<0.05）. Women's SSS score was higher than men's ［（26.51 ± 5.44） vs. （25.27 ± 5.78）］， urban college students' SSS score were higher than rural ［（26.69 ± 5.98） vs. （25.38 ± 5.12）］， and non-medical students’ SSS score were higher than medical students ［（26.65 ± 5.59） vs. （25.21 ± 5.45）］， and the differences were statistically significant （P<0.05）. Partial correlation analysis showed that SSS score was positively correlated with SAS score （r=0.110， P=0.010） and negatively correlated with SDS score （r=-0.087， P=0.042）. The top three common ways of help-seeking pattern among college students were self-regulation （81.85%）， talking to family or friends （70.78%） and offline psychological counseling （28.31%）. ConclusionUnder the COVID-19 epidemic， the detection rate of depressive symptoms and somatization symptoms of college students is high. The detection rate of somatization symptoms of female， urban and non-medical college students is high. Self-regulation and talking to family or friends are the main psychological styles of help seeking for college students.
