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KMID : 0858820120290030103
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2012 Volume.29 No. 3 p.103 ~ p.114
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Mental Health, Stress, Coping Ability, and Coping Strategies among College Students
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Moon Won-Hee
Chang Kil-Soo
Kim Mi-Ja
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health status, stress, coping ability, and coping strategies of college students.
Methods: The questionnaires were handed out to 162 college students in the Gyeonggi province. Data was collected using the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) scale of the 90 items, the ‘Person in the Rain’ drawing test, and the 20-item coping strategies questions.
Results: 17.3% of the respondents were belonged to the groups of abnormal or abnormal tendency in the mental health status according to the Global Severity Index (GSI) scores. The clinical/border groups were more commonly used in the ‘emotion-focused’ coping strategies compared to the normal group. This difference was also statistically significant. Both coping resource and coping ability were significantly associated with the mental health status.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that future intervention for effective coping strategies should be carefully designed to promote better mental health among college students. It is also important to detect problematic and weak student’s behaviors in the early stages.
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KEYWORD
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SCL-90-R, Person in the rain, Drawing test, Coping strategy
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