The purposes of this study were (a) to assess the life stress, coping strategies and mental health of master¡¦s students in Taiwan (b) to compare the three factors for master¡¦s students with different backgrounds (c) to explore the correlation among the three factors (d) to find out how students¡¦ background information, life stress and coping strategies predict their mental health.
¡§Master¡¦s students¡¦ life stress, coping strategies and mental health questionnaire¡¨ was applied in the study. The subjects were 2,515 master¡¦s students in Taiwan. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and stepwise regression analysis. Besides, interviews were used to verify results of the quantity analysis.
According to the results, conclusions were as follows:
1.The life stress of master¡¦s students was moderate, and ¡§study stress¡¨ was the highest life stress. Besides, the life stress related to various identification, marital status, academy, and age.
2.The frequency of coping strategies of master¡¦s students was between ¡§sometimes¡¨ and ¡§often¡¨, and most students used ¡§solving problems¡¨ strategy to deal with stressful problems and situations. Besides, the coping strategies related to various gender, academy, university type, area.
3.There are forty percent master¡¦s students with bad mental health, and ¡§anxiety and worrying¡¨ was the worst part of students¡¦ mental health. Besides, the mental health related to various gender, marital status, academy, grade, and age.
4.There were significant correlation among master¡¦s students¡¦ life stress, coping strategies, and mental health.
5.The background information, life stress and coping strategies of master¡¦s students could predict their mental health effectively.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0913106-182048 |
| Date | 13 September 2006 |
| Creators | Huang, Hsiao-wei |
| Contributors | none, none, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0913106-182048 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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