A Comparative Study On Mental Health Of Students In Independent College And Common College

Using Chinese College Students Mental Health Scale (CCSMHS) and self-compiled Questionnaire for General Conditions of College Students,1,268college students from Institute of East Technology (an independent college) of Agricultural University of Hunan and the counterpart majors and school in the main campus are taken as samples to test and survey their general conditions and mental health status, in order to understand developmental difference in mental health of college students and find out factors to impact their mental health.According to this study:Firstly, no obvious difference lies in mental health status of freshmen, sophomore and junior students between the independent college and the counterpart school on main campus; however, the difference of the two groups reach a remarkable level in four areas including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and dependency.Secondly, development of mental health status in each dimensionality has varied characteristics between students from the independent college and the counterpart school on main campus. Students of higher grades in the independent college have more obvious tendency to anxiety, self-contempt, depression and flinch; while higher grades’ students in the counterpart school on main campus have more problems in obsessive-compulsive disorder, mental disorder and sex psychology, and lower grades’students show more dependency problems.Thirdly, gender, origins of students and family economic status also have certain impact on mental health of college students. In general, with regard to mental health problems occurrence rate, female is over male, arts students are over science students and former graduates are over current graduates; if one is only child and family economic status only influence single dimensionality of mental health.Under this research conditions, the conclusion is drawn:mental health levels of students from the independent college and the counterpart school on main campus have developmental difference, so mental health education for college students is needed accordingly.