A Study On The Relationship Between Life Meaning And Pressure Perception And Mental Health Of Postgraduates

This study is a sequent ial two-stage hybrid research.We obtain quantitative analysis from a sample at frist,and then mak e the foc us group in terview.The stu dy is divided into two parts.In Study 1,830 graduate students o f frist yea r in Kunming,Yunnan Province participated the survey.This study investi gated t he meaning of life, percei ved stress, menta l health, and the relationships between the three.Research fin dings show that:1.There is a significance difference on gender fo r gradua te student s’ mentel health,self-transcenden ce meaning.2.There is a significance difference wh ether in only child for graduate students’ self-transcenden ce meaning.3.There is a si gn ificance difference on the religious beliefs fo r meaning in life an d perceived stress.4.There is a significance difference whether i n i nterdisciplinary(Professional) fo r gradu ate students’ meaning in life..5.There is a signifi cance difference on biogenic for g raduate st udents’ perceived stress.6.There is a si gnificance si gnificant co rrelation between meaning of life and mental health.Search for meaning has a neg ati ve predictive effect on health.Presence of mean in g and self-transcenden ce meaning has a positive effect o n hea lth.7.There is a sig nificance signi fican t correl ation bet ween meaning of life and pe rceived stress.Search fo r meaning has a negative predictive effec t on perceived stress.Presen ce of meaning and self-transcendence meaning has a positive effect on perceived stress.8.There is a significance sig nificant correlation betwe en ment al health and p erceived stress,perceived stress h as a nega tive pre dictive effect on mental he alth.9.Search for meaning is b uffe r be tween between perceived stress and depressi on self affirmatio n.Presenc e of meaning i s b uffer between between perceived stress and depressi on,anxiety,self affirmation.Self-transcendence meaning is buffer between perceived stress and depression, anx iety.Secondly, this study used focus group interview ami ng to understand th e mea ning i n l ife for13 gra du ate students.The interviewees believ ed th at the meaning of life is to achi eveself-worth.They think the mea nin g of life lied in the realization of sel f value.They acquired meaning responden ts by increasing the self experienc,self ch allenge and do the things they like.Family play a v ery imp ortant role in the process of life.Most of t he interv iewees put th e graduate stage as t he transitional stage of self promotion.Talking a b ou t the pressure, female graduate students g et more pressure than males.The main coping style fo r interviwees is focus on the present, avoid to make blind and disorderly conjectures.