Intervention of universities’ governance programs on students’ anxiety disorders

Abstract

BackgroundAnxiety disorders are a type of mental illness in adolescents. It is found that the prevalence of anxiety in adolescents reaches 10-20%, with some adolescents experiencing conditions that extend into adulthood and even cause suicide or admission to psychiatric hospitals. The study from a psychological perspective analyzed and explored the intervention effects of universities’ internal governance programs on college students’ anxiety symptoms.Subjects and MethodsThe study divided 100 students with anxiety disorders in a college (has been consistent) into an experimental group and a control group, with 50 in each. The experimental group of students with anxiety disorders received an intervention treatment from the internal governance program of the university, and the control group were not formally treated. The study utilized the Screening Checklist for Anxious Emotional Disturbances (SCAED) (Verified abbreviations of technical terms) for the measurements. After 8 weeks, the total scores of two groups by SCAED were compared.ResultsThe study utilized SPSS 23.0 statistical software to analyze the data. The total SCAED score of the experimental group was (33.75±12.43) and that of the control group was (42.20±9.35), which was better than that of the control group, and there was a significant difference in the comparison between the groups (P<0.05).ConclusionsThe analysis from the psychological perspective shows that the internal governance program in colleges and universities can effectively alleviate the anxiety symptoms of adolescents, and it is worth to promote the application.