A comparative study of mental health state between students of the key and vocational middle school

Objective To investigate mental health state of the students in vocational middle school and key middle school.Methods Students of the vocational middle school and the key middle school were assessed by SCL-90 and then the results were compared.Results Percentage of students with mental problem were 22.5% and 14.49% respectively in the two middle school. The vocational middle school students’mental problems were significantly more than those of the key middle school students .Students of senior grade one had obvious difference,the main mental problems were interpersonal sensitivity,depression,hostility,phobia and psycholicism.The mental health state of the students in the key middle school was relatively better,but some factor scores of the female were higher than those of male.Conclusion The mental health state of the students of the vocational school is bad and troubling,while that of the key middle school is relatively better with gender difference.