Research on Relationship between Mental Health Condition and Social Support of University Students

Objective To analyze the relationship between mental health condition and social support of local university students,and provide the reference for the mental healthy education.Methods 167 undergraduates,including 94 males and 73 females in Hubei Institute for Nationalities were randomly chosen as samples,which were investigated with Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90) and Support Rating Scales.Results ①Compared with the national undergraduates mode,the scores of local university students were significantly higher on several factors such as obsession、relationships and anxiety of SCL-90(P0.05),and there were very significant differences in somatization and anxiety.Compared with the adult mode,the mean of local university students were very significantly higher on all 9 factors(P0.01).②The sores on social support of males were slightly higher than that of females(P0.05).Scores on social support of the graduates whose scores of SCL-90 lower than 2 were higher than those equal to and higher than 2(P0.05).③The correlative analysis of social support and mental health condition showed that there were significant negative correlations between the scores of the factors of social support and SCL-90(P0.01) or(P0.05).Conclusions The general level of mental heath of local university students was relatively low. Good social support would be benefit to the graduate′s mental health.