Study On Mental Health Of Left-behind Middle School Student In Rural Areas Statue And Relationship Of Family Support, Social Support And Life Quality

Objective To study the psychological health of Left-behind Middle School Student in rural areas, and to explore the relationship between family support, social support,the quality of life and psychological health among Left-behind Middle School Student in rural areas, and to analyze the related risk factors.Methods The investigation was administered to 1147 Left-behind Middle School Student in rural areas of a city from Anhui Province. All participants were required to complete an anonymous questionnaire. Psychological health, coping style, social support , family support and the quality of life were evaluated by Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ), Social Support Evaluating List(SSRS) , Perceived Social Support from Family Scale(PSS-Fa) and Quality of Life scale for children and adolescents. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the influencing factors of Psychological health.Results 25.5% of Left-behind Middle School Student in rural areas got the total score of SCL-90 more than 160 or got the score of at least one of 10 factors more than 3.The prevalence of psychological problem of male was higher than that of female (χ~2=0.935,P=0.334).And the prevalence of psychological problem was also higher in higher age (χ~2=28.02,P=0.000),only child family(χ~2=4.270,P=0.039) and more education level of the father (χ~2=6.563,P=0.010). In those Left-behind Middle School Student in rural areas who had different grade(χ~2=29.705,P=0.000), different mark(χ~2=10.121,P=0.038)and different love status(χ~2=27.874,P=0.000), and all of the difference were significant.The three dimensionalities of social support, family support and quality of life were in relativity to the total score of SCL-90 and each factor score(P<0.01).The result of logistic analysis showed that the higher score of family support, subjective support and quality of life were protective factors for psychological health of Left-behind student in rural areas. While higher age, more tension , only child and the higher score of negative coping style were risk factors for their psychological health.Conclusions Psychological problem is common among Left-behind Middle School Student in rural areas.Family support, social support , dealing method and the quality of life have effect on the psychological health of Left-behind Middle School Student in rural areas. More researches should be conducted for prevention. Counseling in coping strategy could be useful. Effective measures should be taken to prevent the problem of psychological health. Psychological health in Left-behind Middle School Student can be improved through changing some social factors , eliminating risk factors and strengthening the protective factors.