Mental health of Ningbo college students better than the average of China

Category: On The Campus
Published: Tuesday, 22 October 2013 14:15

On October 17, Ningbo Metal Health Association released a report of an investigation of the mental health of the college students of Ningbo, indicating that the level of the mental health of Ningbo college students is higher than the average of China.

From May 2013, Ningbo Committee of the Care of the Next Generation and Ningbo Metal Health Association launched an investigation in Ningbo University, Ningbo University of Technology, Zhejiang Wanli College and Hygiene Vocational-technical College, of the mental health of the college students. The investigation involves students of various grades in different specialties of engineering science, management, economics, literature and medicine sciences.

The investigation shows that the college students of Ningbo level the average of the country in the two complaints "I feel I have a physical problem" and "I have to confirm a thing after it is done". However, they score much lower than the averages of the country in the 10 symptoms like anxiety, depress and impulsion. Tests of personality inventory shows that the college students of Ningbo are better than the average of the country in the four indicators of straightforwardness, rigorousness, easy going, and persistency.