The Comparison About Mental Health Between Students Of Independent Colleges And General Universities

The independent college, as a new school-running model in China, is approved by the Ministry of Education in some universities in 1999, in order to accelerate the development of the higher education. There are more than 300 independent colleges till 2009. The independent college is a private college. It usually has its own campus, and its finance comes from the students'tuition. The specialties and educational system are arranged taking into account the needs of talents in the society and the existing specialties in its college. The enrollment is one part of the plan of the higher education enrollment. But the entry scores are comparatively lower. Its certificate is the admitted by related university or by itself. And the students'job-finding model is the same with the general colleges and universities. In recent years, more attention has been given to the study of the psychological characteristics in the general universities, colleges, secondary schools and primary schools. Many scholars have done a great number of researches and studies about their psychological conditions, and they have put forwards many pertinent measures and suggestions. However, there are few studies particular to the psychological characteristics in the independent colleges. The paper is aimed to analyze the psychological differences between the students in the general colleges and universities and in the independent college. The study is based on the research of the students ranging from freshmen to seniors in the general colleges and universities and in the independent colleges in Jilin Province. The findings and conclusions are listed below:1. All the factor scores and the total average score of SCL-90 of independent college students are higher than those of the general colleges and universities. Remarkable differences appear in the three factors: depression, anxiety and terror. And there are no obvious differences between other factors.2. Among all the positive symptoms (factor score≥3) in independent colleges, only two symptoms: the sensitivity factor in interpersonal relationship and psychotic disorder, their detection rates are higher than those of the general colleges and universities. As for other factors, the results are opposite.3. The freshmen in independent colleges differ very much from those in the general colleges and universities only on the factor of anxiety, and have no obvious differences on other factors. The sophomores in independent colleges don't have obvious differences from those in the general colleges and universities. The juniors in independent colleges differ very much from those in the general colleges and universities only on the factors of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The seniors in independent colleges differ very much from those in the general colleges and universities only on the factors of anxiety and terror, and have no obvious differences on other factors.4. The male students in independent colleges differ very much from those in the general colleges and universities only on the factors of depression and anxiety, and have no obvious differences on other factors. The female students in independent colleges differ very much from those in the general colleges and universities only on the factors of terror and anxiety, and have no obvious differences on other factors.5. The science students in independent colleges differ very much from those in the general colleges and universities only on the factor of terror, and have no obvious differences on other factors. The students majoring in arts specialties in independent colleges differ very much from those in the general colleges and universities only on the factors of depression and anxiety, and have no obvious differences on other factors.