Study on the correlation of psychological adjustment ability with anxiety and depression in college students

ObjectiveTo investigate the incidence of anxiety and depression in college students, explore its correlation with psychological adaptability, and provide the basic data for the intervention of anxiety and depression.

MethodsThe sociodemographic characteristics, anxiety, depression, psychological resilience, self-compassion, and forgiveness in 825 college students were investigated using a questionnaire, and these data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0 software.

ResultsThe prevalence rates of anxiety and depression were 44.36% and 39.88%, respectively.The differences of the prevalence rates of anxiety and depression among different genders students, whether the only child student, different self-assessment of family economic status students and mothers with different education levels of students were not statistically significant(P>0.05).The differences of the prevalence rates of depression among different grades and fathers with different education levels of students were not statistically significant(P>0.05), and the differences of the prevalence rates of anxiety among different grades students, and fathers with different education levels of students were statistically significant(P < 0.01 and P < 0.05).The prevalence rates of depression and anxiety in students with left-behind experience were higher than those in students without left-behind experience(P < 0.01 and P < 0.05).The differences of total scores of the mental resilience scale, self-compassion scale and forgiveness scale, and each dimension score between college students with, and without depression and anxiety were statistically significant(P < 0.01).The strength dimension of resilience scale, self-kindness and mindfulness dimension of self-compassion scale and forgiveness dimension of forgiveness scale were the protective factors of the depression of college students(P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).The resilience dimension of the mental resilience scale was a risk factor of depression in college students(P < 0.05).The strength dimension of mental resilience scale, self-kindness dimension of self-compassion scale, forgiveness dimension of forgiveness scale were the protective factors of anxiety in college students(P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).

ConclusionsThe current state of mental health of college students is not optimistic, and the psychological adjustment ability is closely related to the anxiety and depression of college students.