Basic criteria for judging mental health of college students
When the World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948, it defined health in its charter as: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and is not merely the absence of disease and infirmity. ‘This shows that it is not enough to only pay attention to physical health, but also to pay attention to mental health, so as to enhance physical and mental adaptability.
So what psychological phenomena and behavioral manifestations are healthy or unhealthy? As college students, it is necessary for us to understand the basic judgment standards for the mental health of contemporary college students in our country, and use this as a comparison.
1. Complete personality
Personality integrity refers to having a sound and unified personality, which means that abilities, temperament, character and motivation, interests, ideals, beliefs, worldview and other aspects can develop in a balanced and harmonious manner without obvious flaws and deviations. College students should take a positive outlook on life as the core of their personality and use it to effectively control their psychological behavior; what they think, say, and do must be consistent, that is, they should be open-minded, consistent in words and deeds, and consistent in appearance and inside.
2. Normal intelligence
Intelligence is the comprehensive level of human observation, attention, memory, imagination, thinking, and practical ability. Generally speaking, the intelligence of college students is normal, and their overall level of intelligence is higher than that of their peers. The key is to see whether the intelligence of college students is functioning normally and fully.
3. Emotional health
The main signs of emotional health are emotional stability and a happy mood. This is an important sign of mental health, and emotional abnormalities are often a precursor to mental illness. College students should be able to maintain a happy, cheerful, confident, and satisfied mood at all times, be good at seeking fun from life, and be full of hope for life; be emotionally stable, and have the ability to regulate and control their emotions to maintain a dynamic balance with the surrounding environment.
4. Sound will
Will is the concentrated expression of human consciousness and initiative, and is an important spiritual pillar of human beings. Sound will means that college students should have strong will qualities: clear and reasonable goals, high consciousness; good at analyzing situations, able to make decisions decisively; tenacity, perseverance, strong psychological endurance; good self-control, and determination to achieve goals Sex also involves restraining desires, motives, emotions and behaviors that interfere with the realization of goals, and not indulging in willfulness.
5. Strong adaptability
The inability to correctly handle the relationship with the surrounding real environment is an important cause of psychological disorders. Strong adaptability is the main characteristic of college students’ mental health: they can adapt to the study, life and interpersonal relationships of the university, and quickly complete the transition from middle school to university; they have good adaptability to the natural environment of the school; they can maintain harmony with society. With good contact, you can correctly understand and understand society, and your psychological behavior can conform to the progressive trend of social culture. If you find that your own needs and desires conflict with social needs, you can quickly adjust and correct yourself to seek peace. Social coordination is not an escape from reality, nor is it contrary to social needs.
6. Be able to accept yourself
Correctly understanding, understanding, and accepting oneself are important conditions for college students’ mental health. A mentally healthy college student can experience the value of his own existence, be self-aware, make appropriate and objective evaluations of his own abilities and personality, accept his own strengths and weaknesses (for example, height, appearance, etc.); Will put forward harsh and unreasonable expectations and requirements, that is, they will not be difficult for themselves; they can also be realistic about their life goals and ideals; colleagues, strive to develop their own potential, and can correctly accept even irremediable flaws .
7. Harmonious interpersonal relationships
Harmonious interpersonal relationships are an important way for people to obtain mental health. The harmonious interpersonal relationships of college students should be reflected in: being willing to interact with others, having correct motivations for interacting with others, having stable and extensive interpersonal relationships, and having close friends; in active interactions Maintain an independent and complete personality, be self-aware, neither humble nor arrogant; be able to objectively evaluate others and yourself, be good at learning from each other’s strengths and weaknesses in interactions, be tolerant to others, be friendly to others, and be willing to help others.
8. The psychological behavior is consistent with the age characteristics of college students.
At different age stages of human life development, there are corresponding psychological behavioral manifestations, thus forming unique psychological behavioral patterns at different age stages. College students should have psychological and behavioral characteristics that are appropriate for their age and role. That is, college students’ behavior, words and deeds that are consistent with their age characteristics are a sign of mental health.
Conclusion The above-mentioned mental health standards for college students are only a relative measurement scale and general requirements. The mental health state is not fixed, but constantly changing. In other words, the mental health standards are dynamic, not static. of. Mental health can only reflect a specific state within a certain period of time, not forever. Therefore, to judge a person’s mental health status, we cannot simply draw conclusions based on one incident at a time, but must look at a person comprehensively based on his or her specific circumstances.
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