Psychological Health Of College Students Research Articles

The Construction of Teaching Reform Mode of University students’ Psychological health instruction Course under the Perspective of New Media

Abstract The swift growth of the Internet era, fueled by new media technology, has led to transformative changes across various industries through modern network information. This paper presents a comprehensive model of psychological health instruction for college students, integrating new media technology and peer education principles to address the nuances of their psychological development. Additionally, it introduces an index to assess the effects of educational reforms on mental health instruction and applies regression analysis and factor analysis to identify key influencing factors. The state of psychological health education is evaluated using a fuzzy assessment method. In this comparative study on psychological instruction methods, the score for psychological health instruction reached 4.43, marking a 0.46 increase from the traditional educational approach. Empirical analysis reveals that the instructional effectiveness index for mental wellness instruction accumulates a participation value of 93.693%. This research has the potential to advance the psychological health of university students, enhance the overall impact of psychological health education, and offer useful insights into the evolution and reform of the mode of psychological health instruction for university students.

Mediating effect of self-concealment between non-suicidal self-injury and internet addiction in college students: a cross-sectional study

BackgroundInternet addiction, defined as uncontrolled behaviour resulting from the use of the Internet without the influence of addictive substances, which can seriously impair academic, occupational and social functioning. Non-suicidal self-injury, defined as self-injurious behaviour without the intent to die, and its addictive characteristics are similar to those of Internet addiction. Currently, there is a lack of research on the relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and Internet addiction. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and internet addiction among college students and the role of self-concealment in this relationship.MethodsIn this study, data were collected online between December 2022 and January 2023 from 600 university students in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, using purposive sampling. The questionnaires included the Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Inventory (NSSI), the Self-Concealment Scale (SCS) and the Internet Addiction Test (IAT).ResultsA total of 573 valid questionnaires were recovered, with a valid recovery rate of 95.50%.ConclutionThe results suggest that self-concealment plays a partial mediating role between non-suicidal self-injury and internet addiction among college students. The authors emphasized the importance of internet addiction. In order to reduce the occurrence of internet addiction, schools should provide targeted interventions to promote the psychological health of college students’ internet addictive behaviours.

Intention of Psychological Counseling, Attitude Toward Seeking Psychological Help, and Shame Among Vocational College Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

The aim of this study was to explore the psychological counseling intention of college students, the attitude of seeking psychological help, and the related factors of shame so as to promote the psychological health of college students. In 4 comprehensive colleges with sound psychological counseling centers, students of different grades were selected and divided into an active help-seeking group (n = 216) and a help-refusal group (n = 270). Students' shame behaviors were evaluated using the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help (SSOSH) scale and Self-Stigma Scale (SSS). The intention of psychological counseling was measured by the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire. The Inventory of Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services was used to evaluate the psychological status. Data from the above scales were compared through the t-test. Additionally, multiple linear regression analysis was performed to explore the impact of shame on the intention of psychological counseling. The study found that the active help-seeking group scored lower on SSOSH scale compared to those in the help-refusal group (total score: 41.2 ± 9.1 vs. 37.9 ± 8.7, P = .0017). Meanwhile, the help-refusal group had higher scores on the shame dimension of the SSS (16.2 ± 3.9 vs. 5.3 ± 1.1, P = .00085). After adjusting for age, gender, and other variables, multiple linear regression analysis indicated a negative correlation between shame and intention of psychological help and counseling, revealing a significant impact of shame on professional psychological counseling (P < .05). Our study findings suggest that shame has a negative impact on the intention of seeking psychological help and counseling among college students, highlighting the importance of addressing shame-related factors to promote psychological health and encourage the utilization of professional psychological counseling services.

Retracted: The Influence of Cultural Communication on the Psychological Health of University Students in the Environment of Big Data.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1155/2022/3037205.].

Analysis of the Important Relationship between the Psychological Health of College Students and Classroom Teaching

Analysis of the Important Relationship between the Psychological Health of College Students and Classroom Teaching

Effects of COVID-19 on College Students Mental Health

The incidence of mental illness among college students has increased significantly in recent years. This upward trend is aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic since the worldwide pandemic is expected to negatively impacts peoples mental health. This study intents to investigate the specific effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of college students and some common factors that lead to those impacts. The results of previous studies show that the COVID-19 pandemic can increase the incidence of mental illness among people who have direct contact with coronavirus disease as well as people who do not have direct contact with coronavirus disease. Empirical data shows that college students likelihood of experiencing mental disorders related to depression and anxiety increased significantly while the pandemic is at its peak. College students around the world were all impacted similarly by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study supports that the difficulty of adapting to the online learning system is one of the main elements that harm the psychological health of college students. Another study suggests that the lack of physical activity during the pandemic resulted in an increase in the incidence of mental disorders among college students.

대학생의 반려동물 양육 유무에 따른 심리적 안녕감, 회복 탄력성, 스트레스 대처능력 간의 관계

This study is to identify the relationship between psychological well-being, resilience, and stress coping ability of college students according to the presence or absence of raising pets. the research design is a a descriptive investigation study. It was conducted on 180 university students at S University located in J City, and the collected data were analyzed by technical statistics, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation. As a result of the study, there were significant differences in psychological well-being, resilience, and stress coping ability depending on the presence or absence of companion animals. In addition, in the group raising companion animals, there were significant differences in psychological well-being, resilience, and stress ability according to the parenting period, and there were significant differences in psychological well-being and resilience according to parenting contribution. It is believed that college students will benefit from psychological health by showing positive effects of psychological health, resilience, and stress coping ability by raising pets. Therefore, based on this research result, it is believed that it can be used as basic data for the development of various programs that are helpful for the psychological health of college students.

College Students' Awareness of the Epidemic and Their Mental Health during the COVID-19 Outbreak

Objective: The objective of the study is to investigate awareness of COVID-19 and the psychological health of college students who were quarantined in dormitories due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and to provide guidance for schools and education departments when publicizing remoting knowledge of epidemic prevention and control and providing psychological counseling for students. Subjects and Methods: From January 9 to 12, 2022, 780 questionnaires, asking about transmission routes and protective measures against COVID-19, were collected from college students who were quarantined in the dormitory of Yan'an University due to the impact of the epidemic. Moreover, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales 21 scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scale were used to evaluate college students' stress, anxiety, depression, and sleep quality. Results: (1) The awareness level and knowledge of epidemic prevention and control among college students from different degree courses were equivalent. College students with urban household residency had a higher awareness of epidemic prevention and control than those living in rural areas. (2) Among the 780 college students, 170 (21.79%) felt stressed; 194 (24.87%) were anxious; 150 (19.23%) people showed depression. (3) Correlation analysis found: (1) Family background: Students with urban household residency are more likely to experience depression (r = −0.090, P &lt; 0.05). (2) Learning status: Anxiety and depression are related to academic performance (r = 0.081, 0.121, P &lt; 0.05). (3) Daily schedule: Sleep quality and schedule are associated with stress, anxiety, and depression (r-sleep = 0.196, 0.204, 0.226, P &lt; 0.05; r-rest = 0.491, 0.458, 0.431, P &lt; 0.05). Conclusion: During the COVID-19 epidemic, college students who were isolated in dormitories had different perceptions of the epidemic due to their different family backgrounds. At the same time, psychological problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression in the isolation period were related to family background, study status, and daily work and rest patterns.

Ресурсы психологического здоровья студентов вуза

The article reveals the characteristics of the psychological health of university students of a technical and humanitarian profile. A compiled and tested set of psychodiagnostic techniques for studying the specifics of students' psychological health resources is described. It is shown that there is a relationship between psychological health resources and the direction of training university students. The developed recommendations for advising students on the strengthening of psychological health resources are presented.

Effects of Internet Addiction on the Psychological Health of University Students in Mardan

Internet addiction can harm the psychological well-being of excessive internet users. It is important to study the correlation between the two scientifically. The study explores the link between internet addiction and psychological well-being among university students in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The sample consisted of 150 university students. A random sampling technique was used to select respondents. Participants ranged in age from 18 to 30 years. The instruments used were the Internet Addiction scale and the Ryff Psychological Well-Being Test. Pearson correlation and T-test were used to test the hypothesis/correlation between internet addiction, gender, and psychological well-being. A significant negative relationship between internet addiction and psychological well-being was found. Similarly, a significant gender difference in internet addiction and a non-significant gender difference in psychological well-being. Reduced internet use improves students' psychological well-being. Less internet use helps students' academic careers and reduces interpersonal conflicts.

The effect of fear of contagion/being contagious on depression, anxiety and stress levels of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

University students are generally quite active in social life. It is thought that their fear of contagion/being contagious will affect their depression, anxiety and stress levels due to the removal of restrictions and the increase in individual responsibilities. This study aims to determine the effect of fear of contagion/being contagious on depression, anxiety and stress levels of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study, descriptive and cross-sectional. Quantitative data were collected using the Demographic Information Form, the Fear of Contagion/Transmission Scale and the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale. The sample included 3500 participants. Descriptive statistics were used for the presentation of the results. The STROBE checklist for cross-sectional studies was used in this study. This study revealed that the depression, anxiety and stress levels of university students were above normal, and these results were mostly associated with females, those with a chronic disease and high fear of contagion/being contagious. The findings of this study may be useful for precautionary plans to support the psychological health of university students after the COVID-19 pandemic and in the fight against possible new pandemics. Considering the findings of our study, educational programs should be planned for youth in general and university students in particular to deal with depression, anxiety, stress and fears. The depression, anxiety and stress levels of university students were above normal. As the fear of contamination and contagion increases, the level of depression, anxiety and stress increases. Those with chronic diseases have high levels of depression, anxiety and stress. Research data were collected through an online questionnaire. Data collection tools were prepared on Google Forms, and then, links were shared with student groups over social media. Students shared the link on their social platforms, allowing it to reach wider audiences.

The Influence of Cultural Communication on the Psychological Health of University Students in the Environment of Big Data.

With the progress of information technology and Internet technology, many new media communication technologies are also progressing, and university students are at the forefront of the development of the Internet and the application of cultural communication. Therefore, the impact of modern cultural communication on college students is the most obvious. Time culture communication relies on time communication media, which affects university students' psychological cognition, experience, and mental health level. University students are the high-risk group of mental health problems. At present, most college students are mentally healthy. However, a considerable number of students' mental health is not optimistic. Therefore, paying attention to the impact of culture on college students' mental health plays an important role in the healthy growth of college students. However, a considerable number of students' psychological health is not optimistic. Therefore, paying attention to the impact of culture on university students' psychological health plays an important role in the healthy growth of university students. In this article, 300 university students were randomly selected as the subjects of this study. SCL-90 test and related factors were used to investigate, covering 9 factors. Five common classification algorithms were trained with training sets and evaluated through verification sets. The classifier with the best effect was selected as our algorithm; it is used to discern students with psychological health problems in the test set. The experipsychological results show that precision reaches 0.68, recall reaches 0.56, and F1 measure reaches 0.67. Based on the influencing factors of university students' psychological health, through the analysis of random samples, based on family environment, school environment, community environment, information culture environment, and other factors, this article puts forward strategies to create a warm and progressive family environment, a friendly and positive campus environment, a democratic and scientific community education environment, and a civilized and fair legal environment, so as to properly solve the psychological health problems of university students.

Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Sleep Quality and Mental Health of College Students.

Objective In recent years, people's living standards have been greatly improved, but at the same time, it also brings many health problems, among which mental health problems and sleep problems of college students are important problems. The aim of the study is to explore the effect of physical activity intervention on college students' mental health and provide a new way of thinking for colleges and universities to carry out mental health interventions. Methods This paper focuses on the physical health problems of college students and explores the relationship between aerobic exercise, emotion, and sleep quality among college students. The SPSS statistical method was used to analyze the differences in aerobic exercise, emotion, and sleep quality among college students in terms of demographic variables; to explore the relationship between aerobic exercise, emotion, and sleep quality; and to construct a structural equation model using the relationship between them. Results/Discussion. This study explores the relationship between aerobic exercise and sleep quality and psychological health of college students, further analyzes the path model of the role of aerobic exercise and psychological health on sleep quality of college students, and verifies it through experiments, which proves to help universities and relevant departments understand the current situation of exercise and sleep quality of college students and provide timely and effective design of mandatory aerobic exercise courses for college students who lack exercise and have sleep problems. At the same time, it helps college students to understand their sleep situation and adjust their aerobic exercise courses according to their sleep status.

Challenges and Ways of Integrating Mental Health Education into Ideological and Political Education in the New Era

Education is the cornerstone of social progress and national revitalization. The Chinese people deeply understand the fact that a country is strong when education is prosperous and a country is strong when education is strong. It can be seen that education plays a vital role in the future development of China. With the continuous development of social economy and the deepening of the reform system of college teaching, there are -certain problems in the process of ideological and political education in colleges and universities. For the various problems existing in the education, it is no longer only the problem of ideology and morality, and has an important connection with the psychological health of college students. To promote college students to establish correct ideological concepts, we should organically combine college students' psychological education with ideological and political education, which is the inevitable requirement to promote the healthy development of college students' body and mind, and is also the key content of the current ideological and political education work in colleges and universities. At present, "What to cultivate, how to cultivate and for whom to cultivate" is the new problem facing higher education. College students are in the process of forming their outlook on life and values. In the process of educating students, higher education institutions must strengthen psychological health education in order to truly achieve the purpose of educating people. At the same time, college students are affected by the social environment and employment pressure, presenting more and more psychological problems, if not timely guidance, will produce a variety of adverse consequences. Therefore, ideological and political education must be organically integrated with mental health education in order to truly realize the purpose of moral education.

Construction of Mental Health Education Model for College Students Based on Fine-Grained Parallel Computing Programming

Psychological education is beneficial in maintaining the psychological health of college students, resolving psychological issues, and creating a harmonious campus and society. Mental health education for college students is a development-oriented basic education activity that contributes significantly to educational quality. To improve the accuracy of college students' mental health assessments, a model for mental health education for college students based on fine-grained parallel computing programming is proposed. This study uses a deep learning algorithm to subdivide the classification of an emotion dictionary, which can be classified by adding negative word lists, polarity conversion dictionaries, and online dictionaries, among other things, based on the theory of ecological instantaneous evaluation. It can be used for both multiclass and detailed emotion analysis. The model is more accurate in assessing the mental health of college students, according to the results of the study. The current emotional state of users can be identified, as well as signs of psychological risk, using emotional analysis of Weibo data, which will become a valuable resource for users seeking clinical psychological consultation in the future.

Linking Exercise Intention to Exercise Action: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy.

As physical exercise benefits both physical and psychological health of college students, it is important to promote the habit of physical exercise among them. This study adopted the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model to understand the exercise intention–action link and determine the moderating role of self-efficacy. We recruited 242 students from a university in China and asked them to complete a six-wave survey. The survey results indicated that exercise intention was positively related to both coping planning and action planning, which pave the way to performing the action of exercise. However, such mediation effects varied under conditions of self-efficacy. Participants with high self-efficacy exhibited stronger relationships between intention and planning, and between planning and action. The study results suggest that planning has a time-lagged mediation effect in the relationship between intention and action. Additionally, the findings shed light on the moderating role of self-efficacy, which can be useful in developing health-promotion strategies for college students.

An Assessment and Analysis Model of Psychological Health of College Students Based on Convolutional Neural Networks.

Psychological health assessment and psychological problem identification essentially belong to problems of pattern recognition or nonlinear classification; its system contains complex nonlinear interactions among various factors, having basic characteristics of multivariable, multilevel, and strong coupling. An important problem in the field of artificial intelligence solved by convolutional neural networks (CNN) is to simplify complex problems, minimize the number of parameters, and thus greatly improve the algorithm's performance. Therefore, CNN has outstanding advantages in establishing the assessment and analysis model of college students' psychological health. This study determined the psychological health standards of college students, selected measurement tools for college students' psychological state, elaborated the principles of psychological assessment based on text information, performed the sample set data establishment and data processing of the assessment and analysis model of psychological health, conducted network establishment, training, and simulation, carried out a case experiment and its result analysis, explored the cause analysis of college students' psychological health problems, and finally discussed the prevention and intervention of college students' psychological problems. The study results show that the input and output of the CNN-based assessment and analysis model of college students' psychological health are their evaluation data and assessment results, respectively, and the optimal hyperparameters of the model are determined through fold cross-validation analysis to improve the model's over-fitting problem. After the training is completed, the model can predict the changes in college students' psychological state in the future through the psychological test data. The CNN uses supervised machine learning method to construct an assessment and analysis model of college students' psychological health, and establishes the mapping relationship between college students' personal background and their psychological health. The network error continuously adjusts network connection weight according to gradient descent algorithm to minimize its error, so that the convolutional layer and the pooling layer can learn the optimized feature expression of the input data.

Probiotics for Reduction of Examination Stress in Students (PRESS) study: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the probiotic Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HN001.

Studies suggest that bioactive compounds such as probiotics may positively influence psychological health. This study aimed to determine whether supplementation with the probiotic Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HN001 reduced stress and improve psychological wellbeing in university students sitting examinations. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 483 undergraduate students received either the probiotic L. rhamnosus HN001, or placebo, daily during a university semester. Students completed measures of stress, anxiety, and psychological wellbeing at baseline and post-intervention before examinations. Mann Whitney U tests compared the change in psychological outcomes between groups. Of the 483 students, 391 (81.0%) completed the post-intervention questions. There was no significant difference between the probiotic and placebo supplemented groups in psychological health outcomes. The COVID19 pandemic restrictions may have influenced the typical trajectory of stress leading up to examinations. We found no evidence of significant benefit of probiotics on the psychological health of university students. These findings highlight the challenges of conducting probiotic trials in human populations where the potential for contextual factors such as COVID19 response, and participant adherence to the intervention may influence results.

A Mental Disorder Prediction Model with the Ability of Deep Information Expression Using Convolution Neural Networks Technology

The psychological health education work of all universities is currently facing the same problem, despite the rapidly expanding scale of universities and the ever-increasing demand for students: there are few teachers engaged in this field, who cannot meet the urgent needs of the majority of students. Because of their mental illness, university students are unable to complete their studies in a timely manner, affecting their own development. One after the other, such occurrences occur. This paper uses the common mental disorder identification of university students as an example and builds a mental disorder identification model based on CNN. The model has the ability to learn on its own, allowing it to diagnose psychological disorders in university students and provide support for college psychological counselling and the psychological health team. However, because China currently pays little attention to the psychological health of this population, it is necessary to investigate and analyse the psychological health of university students at this time.

Anxiety, Depression, and Satisfaction With Life Among College Students in China: Nine Months After Initiation of the Outbreak of COVID-19.

Background/ObjectiveMental health problems are common among college students. This study sought to assess the prevalence and risk factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms and well-being among Chinese college students 9 months after initiation of the outbreak of COVID-19.MethodA cross-sectional study (N = 3,951, mean age = 19.58) was conducted from October to December 2020. An online survey was used to collect socio-demographic data, and the symptoms of depression and anxiety and satisfaction with life using Disorder 7-Item Scale (GAD-7), the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-Item Scale (PHQ-9), and the 5-items Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS).ResultsThe prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms was 59.35 and 54.34%, respectively, and the score of satisfaction with life was 20.51 ± 6.42 among Chinese college students during the pandemic. After controlling for covariates, students in urban areas (AOR = 0.73, 95% CI = 0.61–0.87), with good family economic levels (AOR = 0.77, 95% CI = 0.66–0.91), and having psychological counseling (AOR = 0.55, 95% CI = 0.42–0.73) were positively associated with depression symptoms; meanwhile, higher anxiety symptoms were observed among medical students (AOR = 0.81, 95% CI = 0.69–0.95). Besides, healthy lifestyle such as regular physical activity and diet was associated with depression and anxiety symptoms. Multiple linear models revealed that medical students (β = 0.479, P = 0.031), those with good family economic level by self-evaluation (β = 1.283, P < 0.001 for good; β = 3.013, P < 0.001 for general), good academic performance by self-evaluation (β = 1.786, P < 0.001 for good; β = 3.386, P < 0.001 for general), learning burden (β = 1.607, P < 0.001 for general; β = 2.117, P < 0.001 for light), regular physical activity (β = 0.859, P < 0.001), daily routine (β = 1.289, P < 0.001), diet (β = 1.714, P < 0.001), and sufficient sleep (β = 1.408, P < 0.001) had more score of SWLS (all β > 0, P < 0.05), while senior students (β = −1.053, P=0.009), students having psychological counseling (β = −1.753, P < 0.001), and drinking (β = −0.743, P = 0.012) had lower satisfaction with life.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that more attention should be paid to psychological health among college students, especially during and after the COVID-19 outbreak. Policy makers and educators should help college students develop a healthy lifestyle with regular diet and exercise to promote the psychological health of college students.