A Study On The Relationship Between The Perceived School Climate And The Mental Health Of Undergraduates

There are so many cognitions about what the school climate is inside and outside the country that the conceptions for school climate is really in confusion. Some scholars argue that school climate is an attribute of the school, but some scholars argue that it is school members'attribute. In fact, what they really argued is not the adscription of school climate but it's representation. They are divergent about how to describe the school climate. Among all the conceptions for school climate, there is a common presupposition that school climate is a surroundings of the school. Perceived school climate of school members is a specific representation of school climat. It influences school members'mental and act directly, is likely to be valuable for study. School climate in college is a social and mental surroundings for undergraduates, it is likely to influence the undergraduates'mental health. But there is not even one study about it in our country. In this study we take the perceived school climate of undergraduates as the important object.The study has developed Perceived School Climate Questionnaire for Undergraduates(PSCQ-U). The PSCQ-U comprised of 6 integrant questionnaires, that is education climate questionnaire, learning climate questionnaire, researching climate questionnaire, moral climate questionnaire, individuality climate questionnaire and ideality climate questionnaire. It contained 72 questions, and graded with Likert 5 points questionnaire billiard-marker. Completely accord with the description graded 5 points, comparatively accord with the description graded 4 points, dimness graded 3 points, comparatively not accord with the description graded 2 points, comparatively not accord with the description graded 1 point. Means of the questionnaire approach 5 points shows that the school climate is very good, the following is comparative good, ordinary, comparative bad, means of the questionnaire approach 1 point shows that the school climate is very bad. The study surveyed the perceived school climate and mental health of undergraduates by using the PSCI-U and SCL-90, and explored the relationship between the two variables. The result showed: 1. The PSCQ-U had finer reliability and validity, accord with the basic request in psychologic survey.2. Means of the PSCQ-U is 3.42 points, the Standard Deviation is 0.42.3. Perceived school climate of undergraduates in same colleges is remarkably difference in statistics(p<.01).4. The mental health of undergraduates is good, their mental health symptoms is not very fearful. The prevalent mental health symptoms of undergraduates are crankiness, too impressible in intercourse and melancholy.5. The perceived school climate and the symptoms in mental health of undergraduates are negative correlative, and it is remarkable in statistics(p<.05). In the specifics, perceived school climate is negative correlative with symptoms of impressible in intercourse, hostility and psychopathy, and they are all remarkable in statistics(p<.05).6. Individuality climate, moral climate and education climate in the perceived chool climate of undergraduates is negative correlative with the mental health of undergraduates, and it is remarkable in statistics(p<.01; p<.05). In the specifics, perceived education climate of undergraduates is negative correlative with symptoms of impressible in intercourse, ghastfulness and psychopathy; Perceived moral climate of undergraduates is negative correlative with symptoms of physical, constrain, impressible in intercourse, worriment, hostility, ghastfulness, crankiness and psychopathy; Perceived individuality climate of undergraduates is negative correlative with all the symptoms of meantal health. They are all remarkable in statistics(p<.01; p<.05).7. The factor of conscientious in teaching of the perceived school climate is negative correlative with symptoms of physical, constrain, melancholy, worriment, ghastfulness, crankiness and psychopathy; Factors of immaculacy, respect, solidarity and thrift are negative correlative with most of the symptoms of meantal health; The factor of optimism is negative correlative with all the symptoms of meantal health; The factor of liveliness is negative correlative with the symptoms of impressible in intercourse and hostility; The factor of discipline is negative correlative with all the symptoms in meantal health. They are all remarkable in statistics(p<.01; p<.05).8. The symptoms in mental health of those undergraduates that have a bad perceived school climate is fearful than those have a good perceived school climate, it is remarkable in statistics (p<.05); The perceived school climate of those undergraduates that have a low-grade symptoms in mental health is better than those have a fearful symptoms in mental health, it is remarkable in statistics (p<.01).9. Moral climate in the perceived chool climate of undergraduates can forecast 5 symptoms in mental health, that is symptoms of physical, constrain, worriment, ghastfulness and crankiness; Individuality climate in the perceived chool climate of undergraduates can forecast general symptom and 4 symptoms in mental health, that is symptoms of impressible in intercourse, melancholy, hostility and psychopathy.10. The symptom of of impressible in intercourse can forecast the general perceived school climate and individuality climate in perceived school climate of undergraduates; The symptom of psychopathy in mental health of undergraduates can forecast education climate in perceived school climate of undergraduates; The symptom of physical can forecast moral climate in perceived school climate of undergraduates.