Investigation on mental health status of impoverished students in a higher vocational college

Objective To understand the status of mental health of impoverished students in higher vocational colleges,so as to provide the evidence for conducting mental health education.Methods The cluster sampling method was used to select 210 impoverished students(173 males,37 females) and 254 non-impoverished students from Anhui Technical College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.The Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90) was used to conduct the survey on mental health.Results The impoverished students had significantly higher scores in 5 factors of SCL-90 than the domestic young normal,P0.01,and they also had higher scores in 6 factors of SCL-90 than non-impoverished ones,P0.05.The Incidence of psychological-problems of the impoverished students was 21.6%.The obsessive-compulsive,depression,anxiety,and psychoticism were remarkable problems. Conclusions The mental health status of impoverished students in higher vocational colleges is not optimistic,and it is necessary to enhance the mental health education for them.