Influential factors on mental health of rural left-behind junior middle school students: life events / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To find out the differences between left-behind and non left-behind junior middle school students (JMSS) on life events.Methods 2406 JMSS in rural areas were assessed in Hunan,using self-designed Demographic Data Recording Form ,Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List and Scale of Mental Health for Chinese Middle-school Student.Results Stress from studying and interpersonal relationship were the major life events for rural JMSS,scores of the total score and all the factors of life event for left-behind JMSS were higher than non-left-behind JMSS' ;with the exception of the loss factor (5.13±2.56 vs 4.94±2.33,P=0.095),the difference on the total score of life events (49.22±13.25 vs 46.42±12.67,P=0.000),relation-ships(10.28±3.74 vs 9.86±3.49,P=0.009) ,learning pressure(11.52±3.66 vs 11.03±3.66,P=0.014),being published (11.84±4.47 vs 11.28±4.12,P=0.005),health adaption (6.18±2.19 vs 5.36±1.82,P=0.000)and other factor(6.12±2.26 vs 5.73±2.09,P=0.000) were significant;Scores of mental health for left-behind JMSS were higher than non left-behind JMSS,the difference was significant(2.18±0.56 vs 2.07±0.57,P=0.000);scores of international relationships (r=0.437) ,learning pressure (r=0.373),being published (r=0.345),less(r=0.199),health adaption(r=0.338),other factors(r=0.380) were significantly correlated with mental health of left-behind JMSS,relationships(β=0.229),learning pressure(β=0.177),health adap-tion (β=0.152) and other factor(β=0.117) entered the multiple linear regression equation,which can ex-plained 26.4% of the changes on mental health of left-behind JMSS.Conclusion Compared with the non-left-be-hind JMSS,the negative life events of left-behind JMSS were more frequently,with greater negative impact,lesse-ning the occurrence of negative life events in life of left-behind JMSS was one of the effective way to develop their mental health.