Study on Reading Therapy for College Students' Mental Health Education

Abstract

Mental sub-health problems are common among college students, and the existing mental health education in universities can no longer meet the needs. Reading therapy has been applied to mental health treatment for a long time. The purpose of this study is to explore the advantages, measures and effects of reading therapy for college students, and to provide references for education mental health of college students. The research methods in this paper include theoretical analysis and practical verification. The researcher analyzed three advantages of reading therapy for college students, less time and space limitations, wider group coverage, and privacy protection. The researcher analyzed the specific measures of reading therapy for college students, opening the reading treatment site, expanding the types of reading books and setting up the reading treatment group. The researcher conducted practical verification in Jiangsu University, conducted reading treatment experiments on 74 college students, obtained data with SCL scale, and completed SPSS statistical analysis. The result showed that the SCL scale data of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group, and the curative effect was significant. The conclusion of the study is that reading therapy combined with specific measures can effectively carry out mental health education in college students.