Research On The Self Concept And Mental Health Of Freshman In Hust

College mental health education is an activity, which is set on the purpose of im-proving college students'mental health, also an insurance of their personality'sound development. Some research shows, there is a significant relevance between the deve-lopment of the students'self concept and their mental health. Therefore, it is effective to contribute to the development of their mental health by guiding them to evaluate and accept themselves properly.This study evaluates 212 college freshmen in Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), using Tennessee Self Concept Scale(TSCS) and Self-reporting Inventory (SCL-90), in order to learn the relationship between freshmen's self concept and mental health. Based on the statistical analysis, we have drawn the conclusion as follows:1. there is an magnificent gender difference of the HUST freshmen's self satisfaction;2. there is an magnificent difference of their family self dimension, divided by the students'major;3. there is an significant difference of self satisfaction dimension, divided by the geographical source of students;4. there isn't an obvious difference of self concept between only children and who are not;5. religion believe shows significant influence on their self identification and family self concept;6. freshmen score differently in depression, anxiety and fear factors between genders;7. difference of major and their sources shows little influence on their mental health level;8. only children score much higher than those who are not only children in somatization, anxiety and paranoid factors;9. religion believe shows little influence on freshmen's mental health level;10. there is a negative correlation between self concept and mental health, among which, self-acting, self satisfaction, physical self,personal self and ethics factors are strongly effective to predict students'mental health level.