Coping style and mental health on high school students.docVIP

Vol.5, No.2, 170-174 (2013) Health /10.4236/health.2013.52023 Coping style and mental health on high school students Zhi Wang 1,2 1 2 Department of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China; wangzhih@ Center for Mental Health Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China Received 27 November 2012; revised 26 December 2012; accepted 3 January 2013 ABSTRACT studies made by Huang Xiting, etc. towards the coping style of middle school students, which show that the main coping style of middle school students in China are problem solving, appealing for help, avoidance, abreact- ing, fantasy and endurance and that girls prefer coping style of endurance and abreacting while boys prefer that of fantasy when comparing girls with boys [2]. No dis- tinct change of coping style is noticed in the age of mid- dle school students. Liang Junlin’s study shows that negative coping style has negative correlation with men- tal health [3]. Jiang Qianjin’s study shows that coping style has positive correlation with SCL-90, SDS, SAS and scores of N scale in EPQ [4]. The study finds that coping style is highly associated with mental health [5]. The paper delves into the characteristics of high school student coping style and its relationship towards mental health on the basis of previous studies, in order to pro- vide reference to high school student mental health edu- cation and improve their mental health. Objective: To explore the coping style of high school students and its relationship to mental health. Methods: Make a survey upon 320 stu- dents through coping style questionnaire and MSMH. Results: High school students often re- sort to problem solving and appeal to coping factors. No distinct gender difference is found in coping style. There are different degrees of correlation between coping style and mental health. Remarkable grade difference is show