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Study on the mental health of common university students.

Xing HaiYan, Wang Jian-hua, Gao XiangHua

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[Objective]To know about the psychological characteristics of university students, and to provide scientific evidence to improve the mental health of university students. [Methods] 200 students in Shaoxing University were investigated by the clinical symptom checklist (SCL-90). [Results] (1) SCL-90 had high reliability and validity in this study. (2) The detection rate of psychological problems was 21.79%. Compared to the norm in China, there were statistical differences in depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychotic and total mean score. (3) The main influence factor for mental health of university students was income. [Conclusion] The psychological problems of university students are higher than general population, so we should pay close attention to them, and try our best to improve psychological health of university students.

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[Objective]To know about the psychological characteristics of university students, and to provide scientific evidence to improve the mental health of university students. [Methods] 200 students in Shaoxing University were investigated by the clinical symptom checklist (SCL-90). [Results] (1) SCL-90 had high reliability and validity in this study. (2) The detection rate of psychological problems was 21.79%. Compared to the norm in China, there were statistical differences in depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychotic and total mean score. (3) The main influence factor for mental health of university students was income. [Conclusion] The psychological problems of university students are higher than general population, so we should pay close attention to them, and try our best to improve psychological health of university students.

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[Objective]To know about the psychological characteristics of university students, and to provide scientific evidence to improve the mental health of university students. [Methods] 200 students in Shaoxing University were investigated by the clinical symptom checklist (SCL-90). [Results] (1) SCL-90 had high reliability and validity in this study. (2) The detection rate of psychological problems was 21.79%. Compared to the norm in China, there were statistical differences in depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, psychotic and total mean score. (3) The main influence factor for mental health of university students was income. [Conclusion] The psychological problems of university students are higher than general population, so we should pay close attention to them, and try our best to improve psychological health of university students.

Key concepts: Hostility, Anxiety, Mental health, Clinical psychology, Psychology, Checklist, Symptom Checklist 90, Norm (philosophy)

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