Integrating the history of rule of law with ideological and political education to alleviate student anxiety

Abstract

BackgroundIn the current educational environment of universities, students’ mental health issues are increasingly receiving attention. Anxiety disorder, as one of the common mental health problems, has brought many troubles to students’ learning and life. This study aims to explore the effectiveness of integrating the history of the socialist rule of law into ideological and political education in alleviating students’ anxiety disorders.Subjects and MethodsThis study selects 1202 students from five different universities in a certain region as the research subjects, and they were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 601 students in each group. The experimental group adopts the ideological and political teaching mode that integrates the history of the socialist rule of law, while the control group adopts the traditional ideological and political teaching mode. Students’ anxiety symptoms before and after intervention were evaluated by using the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS); All results were statistically analyzed by using SPSS22.0 software.ResultsThe research results show that the experimental group of students showed significant improvements in anxiety levels, learning motivation, and satisfaction with ideological and political education; The anxiety level of students has decreased by about 30%, with a significant effect.ConclusionsThis study indicates that the integration of the history of the socialist rule of law has a positive effect on alleviating students’ anxiety disorders, providing a new path for ideological and political education in universities. It is recommended to further explore and improve this integration model in the future to meet the needs of more students.