Mental health and its relationship with resilience in children in rural three gorges area

Objective:To explore the status of mental health and its relationship with mental resilience in children living in rural three gorges area.Methods:With the mental health test and resilience youth and development module scales,922 children in middle schools were investigated.The participants were chosen through the multiple stratified cluster sampling.Results:①The detection rate of mental problem in left-behind children was 7.4%,which was not significantly different from that of non left-behind children(t=-3.393,P=0.084).②Compared with those of non left-behind children,left-behind children had higher scores in learning anxiety,loneliness tendency and physical symptoms(P0.05).③Except for learning anxiety and self-accusation tendency,the other mental health sub-scale scores were all negatively related with mental resilience(P0.05).Conclusions:The mental problem detection rate in children in rural three gorges areas is lower than the national level and is not significantly different from that of non left-behind children.But the general mental health,learning anxiety and physical symptoms of left-behind children are worse than non-left-behind children.The higher mental resilience,the better mental health,therefore,when conducting health education,the above details could be taken into consideration.