Abstract
Psychological Monitors are the special social group that originated from mental health education in Chinese colleges. The working model of Psychological Monitors is similar to the peer counseling in the USA and European Countries. However, Psychological Monitors have their own characteristics which are related with the managerial institutions of Chinese colleges. This article integrates better foreign experience about peer guidance and constructs new working model of Psychological Monitors from the perspective of positive psychology. This model includes such contents as how to popularize positive mental health theories, how to carry positive mental health counseling into effect and how to build up positive mental states and corresponding behavioral patterns.
Highlights
Psychological Monitors are the special social group that originated from mental health education in Chinese colleges
The working model of Psychological Monitors is similar to the peer counseling in the USA and European Countries
Psychological Monitors have their own characteristics which are related with the managerial institutions of Chinese colleges
Summary
Peer counseling is a way of people’s helping each other adjust to life events and helping solve each other’s problems (Kramer, 1974). Such problems are related to two aspects: one is the theory of peer psychological counseling, and the other is the special social background. Why did Psychological Monitors as class volunteers come into existence in Chinese colleges? Both problems will be discussed as follows: First of all, peer counseling theories stress mutual help among the people with the same age. On the basis of such reasons, Psychological Monitors gradually become an important role in college management affairs in China
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