The Correlation between Self-worth and Mental Health in Middle School Students / 中国临床心理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To examine the correlation between the self-worth and mental health of middle school students .Methods:The Scale of Self-worth for Young Students and the SCL-90 were admemestered to a sample of 699 middle school students.Results:Analysis showed significant negative correlation between self-worth and the SCL-90 and mental health of middle school students,the SCL-90 scores of students with high self-worth were significantly different from that of students with low self-worth.Conclusion:The higher the self-worth of middle school students is ,the better their mental health is.