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A Study On The Correlation Of The Emotional Intelligenceand The Mental Health Of College Students

Posted on:2012-05-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C Y LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330335956431Subject:Development and educational psychology
Abstract/Summary:
EversincetheconceptofemotionalintelligencewasproposedbyPsychologist,duetoits uniqueroleinhumanbehavior,emotionalintelligencehasgotquitealotofattentionfromus,an dmanyscholarseitherathomeorabroadhavehadextensiveanddetailedstudiesonthebasiccon ceptofemotionalintelligenceanditsroleandstructure.Inordertounderstandthecurrentlevelo femotionalintelligenceandmentalhealthstatusofcollegestudents,thisthesistakes"AStudyo ntheCorrelationshipbetweenCollegeStudents'EmotionalIntelligenceandtheirMentalHea lth"asitstitle.Themaincontentofthisthesiscoversthecharacteristicsofthelevelofcollegestu dents'emotionalintelligence,thebasicstatusofcollegestudents'mentalhealthandthecorrela tionshipbetweenthesetwo.Theauthorhopestoprovidemanyvaluablesuggestionsforcurrent mentalhealtheducationincollegesanduniversities.Mostoftheinformationusedinthisstudywascollectedbytheformofquestionnairesurve y,whichtookcollegestudentsfrom26bothprivateuniversitiesandindependentcollegeslocat edinGuangdongareaastestees,testedstudents'levelofemotionalintelligenceusingEmotion alIntelligenceScaleofCollegeStudentsbyXuXiaoyanandZhangJinfu,whichisbeingfreque ntlyusedandofhighefficiencyandcredit,andstudents'statusofmentalhealthusingtheMental HealthScalewithaHealthyPersonalityOrientationforCollegeStudentsbyChengKe,adoctor alstudentofProfessorHuangXiting.Thendatacollectedthroughthesurveywasanalyzedwith thehelpofSPSS16usingthemethodsofcorrelationalanalysisandregressionanalysis.Finally, theauthorconductedin-depthdiscussiononcharacteristicsofthelevelofcollegestudents'em otionalintelligence,thebasicstatusofcollegestudents'mentalhealthandthecorrelationshipb etweenthesetwo,andputforwardsomesuggestionsforhighereducation.Findingsofthisstudyshowthat:1. Thelevelofhigherschoolstudents'emotionalintelligencevaryintermsofdemograp hiccharacteristics,suchfactorsthatdocontributetothevariationarestudents' grades,majors,e ducation,gender,etc..Factorslikeeducation,genderhaveinfluencesonthepsychologicalwel 1-beingofcollegestudents;students'capabilityofadaptingthemselvestostressisaffectedbyf actorssuchasgenderandmajors;emotionalperceptionandemotionaladaptabilityareaffecte dbystudents'grades;emotionalregulationismainlyinfluencedbythestudents'professional; emotionalexpressivenessismainlyaffectedbythefactorthatwherethestudentcomesfrom.2. Thementalhealthofcollegestudentsistosomeextentaffectedbytheirgrade,professi onal,gender,andbotheducationandtheplacewherethestudentcomesfromhavelittlethingtod owithit.Thereissignificantdifferenceamongstudentsofdifferentgendersinthetwodimensio nsas"willingnesstolearn"and"thepursuitofgoals";inaddition,thelevelofstudents'willingn esstolearnisalsoinfluencedbytheirgrades.3. Theredoesbeasignificantpositivecorrelationbetweencollegestudents'emotionalin telligenceandtheirmentalhealth.Thelevelofemotionalintelligencedoessomethingtoexplain thestatusofmentalhealth;whilethestatusofone'smentalhealthalsoreflectshislevelofemotion alintelligence.Thisshowsthatthereexistsverycloserelationshipbetweencollegestudents'em otionalintelligenceandmentalhealth,therelatedfactorsoftheminfluence,promoteandrestrai nteachother.
Keywords/Search Tags:Private collegesand universities, college student, emotiona lintelligence, mental health
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