Mental Health and Coping Style of the Impoverished Normal College Students

Objective To study the mental health and coping styles among impoverished normal college students,and to provide reference and evidence for the education and care of their mental health.Methods SCL-90 and Coping Style Questionnaire were used to survey 97 impoverished top students,147 impoverished ordinary students and 120 non-impoverished students.Results There were 26.4% of the students whose scores were higher than 160 in SCL-90.Among them,the incidence rates were 26.0%,29.2% and 23.3% for the impoverished top students,impoverished ordinary students and non-impoverished ones respectively,and no statistical significance was found among the three factors.Statistical significance existed in the wince factors of coping styles and problem solving among the three groups.Conclusion There is no statistical significance of mental health among impoverished top students,impoverished ordinary students and non-impoverished students.The impoverished top students prefer to taking active coping styles.