Investigation on the self Consistency and Congruence, and Mental Health Among Medical College Freshmen

OBJECTIVE To discuss the relationship among self-consistency and congruence, coping styles and mental health in medical college freshmen. METHODS 408 medical freshmen were collected by cluster random samples, and they were surveyed by university personality Inquiry (UPI), Self-consistency and congruence scale and coping styles questionnaire. A relationship model between mental health and factors was set up by structural equation modeling. RESULTS Male showed significantly higher mental problems ratio than female. Freshmen showed significantly lower self-inconsistency and stereotype than normal. Freshmen showed significantly higher flexible than normal. Male showed significantly lower help-seeking and fantasy than female. Self-inconsistency, self-accusation, professional satisfaction, fantasy, solving problem and rationalization can effectively predict mental health of medical college freshmen. Self-inconsistency had the most significantly negative effect on mental health. Solving problem had the most significantly positive effect on mental health. CONCLUSION Self-consistency and congruence, positive coping styles and high professional satisfaction can effectively predict great mental health of medical college freshmen.