Middle school students are in a special stage of physical and mental development,and psychological problems and psychological crises are frequent.As the mainstay of mental health education in middle schools,mental health education teachers play a key role in preventing and dealing with students’ mental problems and promoting the development of students’ mental health.However,there is still a lack of professional competence in the professional development of mental health education teachers in middle schools(Che Ailing,2019;Huang Xishan,2018).Studies have shown that supervision have a positive impact on the improvement of the competence of psychological counselors(Liu Rui et al.,2022),but the effect of online group supervision on the competence improvement of mental health teachers in middle schools lacks attention.Therefore,this study focuses on mental health education teachers in middle school,aiming to explore the present status of competence of mental health education teachers in middle schools in Sichuan-Chongqing area,and explore the role of onlion group supervision on the competence of mental health educaton teachers in middle schools,so as to provide a basis for improving the professional development path of mental health education teachers in middle schools.The study is divided into two parts.In study 1,A questionnaire survey of 456 mental health education teachers in middle schools in Sichuan-Chongqing area was conducted using the Competency Scale on Mental Health Education Teachers,of which409 questionnaires were valid,to explore the present status and characteristics of the competence of mental health education teachers in middle schools in SichuanChongqing area.Study 2 used the experimental method to screen teachers with low competency scores in Study 1,carried out online group supervision,and explored the effect of online group supervision on the competence improvement of mental health education teachers in middle schools.The results of study one are :(1)There are significant differences in professional knowledge among mental health education teachers in middle schools in Sichuan-Chongqing region of different ages and seniority.(2)There are different degrees of significant differences in the total competency scale and most of its dimensions(greater than or equal to five dimensions)of mental health education teachers in middle schools in Sichuan-Chongqing area with different school levels,different school locations,different highest education,whether the highest education is psychology-related major,full-time and part-time,whether the school has opened mental health courses,whether they have supervision experience,different supervision frequency and different forms of supervision.(3)There are significant differences in the total competency scale and a small number of its dimensions(less than or equal to four dimensions)of mental health education teachers in middle schools in Sichuan-Chongqing area with different school natures,different professional titles,and different types of supervision.(4)There are significant differences in the few dimensions of competency of mental health education teachers in middle schools in Sichuan-Chongqing area who hold administrative positions and different training frequencies,and there is no significant difference in the total competency scale.(5)There are no significant differences in the level of competence and its dimensions of mental health education teachers in middle schools in SichuanChongqing area with different genders and marital status.The results of study two are:Online group supervision can effectively improve the level of competence of mental health education teachers in middle schools.Among them,the improvement of the five competency dimensions of evaluation and rethinking ability,coodinate ability,occupational values,specialized ability and student value is more obvious.Combining Study one and Study two,the study draws the following conclusions:(1)At present,the competence of mental health education teachers in middle schools in Sichuan-Chongqing area is at the upper middle level,with a total average score of 3.75,which is between "basically compliant" and "mostly compliant" in the scale level.The dimensions with the top three average scores are student value,agreeableness,and conscientiousness from high to low,and the dimensions with the lowest average score are ordinary knowledge.(2)There are different degrees of significant differences in the total competency scale and some of its dimensions of mental health education teachers in middle schools in Sichuan-Chongqing area at different school levels,different nature of schooling,different school locations,whether the highest education is a psychology-related major,different professional titles,full-time or part-time jobs,whether the school has opened mental health courses,whether they have supervision experience,different supervision frequency,different types and forms of supervision.There are significant differences in the competence of mental health education teachers of middle schools in SichuanChongqing area of different ages,teaching years,whether they held administrative positions,and different training frequencies,and there are no significant differences in the total competency scale.There are no significant differences in the total competency scale or its dimensions of mental health education teachers in middle schools in in Sichuan-Chongqing area at different genders and marital status.(3)Online group supervision can effectively improve the level of competence of mental health education teachers in middle schools.Among them,the improvement of the five competency dimensions of evaluation and rethinking ability,coodinate ability,occupational values,specialized ability and student value is more obvious. |