Mental health and the related factors of Zangzu undergraduates in inland / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the state of the mental health and related factors of Zangzu undergraduates in inland.Methods Two inland typical universities were chosen,according to random whole-class sampling principle from different grades,and 370 Zangzu undergraduates in inland were tested with Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90),Self-Esteem Scale(SES),Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) and social support scales,and compared with norm and Hanzu undergraduates.Results The scores of the factors of compulsion,interpersonal relation sensitiveness,depression,anxiety,hostility of Zangzu undergraduates in inland in SCL-90 were higher than 2.The rate of their mental problems(the total average score was higher than 2) was 45.3％,among them the rate of mild mental problems was 42.0％,the rate of secondary mental problems was 3.3％,without undergraduates of serious mental problems.Scores of the 9 factors were higher than that of the norm,and differences were significant (P＜ 0.01).Scores of the 9 factors were higher than that of Hanzu undergraduates,and scores of somatization,compulsion,anxiety,hostility,terror were significantly higher than that of Hanzu undergraduates (P ＜0.01).Rate of their mild mental problems was significantly higher than that of Hanzu undergraduates(P＜0.01).Scores of their self-esteem and positive coping styles were lower than that of Hanzu undergraduates,and differences were significant (P =0.000).The negative coping styles and self-esteem could predict the state of mental health of Zangzu undergraduates in a great extent.Conclusion Zangzu undergraduates in inland have more mild mental problems,which are correlated with their self-esteem and coping styles.