The Relationships of Life Events,Coping Styles,Depression and Anxiety Among Female Students in Technical Secondary Schools

Objective To explore the prevalence,stress intensity of life events and find out the interactions of coping styles and depression or anxiety,so as to provide scientific evidence for strengthening the mental health education of technical secondary school students.Methods An anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 602 female students in 2 technical secondary schools.Anxiety and depression were assessed with Self-Rating Anxiety Scale(SAS) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale(CES-D).Life events were assessed with Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist(ASLES) and coping patterns were assessed with Trait Coping Style Questionnaire(TCSQ).Results The prevalence of depression was 32.46% and anxiety was 13.92%.Problems of interpersonal relationship,studying pressure and health fitness were the common reported life events.Stress intensity was stronger in students with obvious depression or anxiety, and they showed more negative coping and less positive coping.The prevalence of depression and anxiety was high in students with high stress and more negative coping patterns.Higher grade and positive coping were protective factors of depression,and negative coping was the risk factor of depression and anxiety.Conclusion The status of depression and anxiety is serious among female students in technical secondary school and frequencies of negative life events are high.Statistic associations are found among life events,coping patterns and negative emotion.