Research On Intervention Of Mental Health With Group Counseling On Agriculture Major Freshmen

Whether the freshmen can adapt themselves to the college life has significant effect on their psychological condition. Due to the feature of their major, the freshmen from agriculture department bear heavy psychological pressure than others. Adopting group counseling the present research aimed at intervening the agriculture major freshmen who have difficulty in adapting themselves to college life in order to help them for better adaptation.To explore the effect of group psychology counseling on development of psychological quality in college students, and explore the more objective indexes to reflect the effect of group psychology counseling. Methods:76 freshmen recruited from Henan Institute of Science and Technology were randomly divided into two groups:32 of them were designed as the intervention group, the other 30 were designed as control group.The two groups were tested through some psychology Scales(SCL-90, 16 PF).All the indexes were examined after interference.The results of research show:the intervention group had been remarkably better than control group in the improvement of the general mark of SCL-90 and some factors such as somatization, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, interpersonal sensitivity,depression, and hostility.the intervention group had been remarkably better than control group in the improvement of the social avoidance somatization, and distress. the intervention group had been remarkably better than control group in the improvement of the depression index.The research shows that it is necessary to carry out semi-open group counseling for agriculture freshmen who have difficulty in adapting themselves to college life. It can help them release emotional pressure, adapt school environment, reduce interpersonal sensitive, and make full use of college life.