A Study On The Relationship Of College Students' Time Perspective,Coping Style And Mental Health

Time perspective is an important way for individuals to discover and understand themselves.The structure of balanced time perspective is an important indicator of a person's reasonable coping style and mental health.Therefore,building a balanced time perspective should be an important part of college mental health education.In this study,the relationship in time perspective,coping style and mental health of college students was studied by literature,questionnaire and data analysis.The Zimbardo time perspective scale,the simple coping style scale and the SCL-90 symptom self-rating scale were collected from the undergraduates of three universities in Shijiazhuang City,Hebei Province,and 869 valid questionnaires were collected.Through the correlation analysis,regression analysis,mediation test and other statistical methods to understand the college students' time perspective,coping style and mental health of the general characteristics and relationships.The purpose of this study is to provide an effective theoretical basis for the construction of balanced time perspective for college students,and to provide some scientific guidance for college students' mental health counseling.This study draws the following conclusions:(1)Overall,the development of college students' time perspective structure is more balanced,but still need to be further improved.There was a significant difference in grade,and there was no significant difference in gender,professional,family source and whether or not the only child was present.(2)There is a significant difference in coping style among college students,gender and family sources,but there is no significant difference between professionalism and the only child.(3)Although the overall mental health of college students are at a normal level,still need further intervention.There are significant differences in grade,gender and family origin,and there is no significant difference between professionalism and the only child.(4)College students' time perspective,coping style and mental health were significantly correlated.(5)College students' time perspective and coping style have significant predictive effect on mental health.(6)The positive coping style plays a partial mediating role between the time perspective of college student,including the Future time perspective,the Past Positive time perspective and the Present Hedonistic time perspective,and mental health.However,the positive coping style dose not play a mediating role between the Present Fatalistic time perspective and mental health.The negative coping style plays a partial mediating role between the time perspective of college student,including the Future time perspective,the Past Negative time perspective and the Present Fatalistic time perspective,and mental health.However,the negative coping style plays a completed mediating role between the Present Hedonistic time perspective and mental health.