• Department of Mental Health, The Third People’s Hospital of Qinghai Province, Xining 810007, China;
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Objective  To explore the mental health status of college students in the Xining region.
Methods  A total of 1 875 college students were surveyed by the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ).
Results  Out of the 1 875 college students, 21.5% had at least one item scoring more than 3. Compared with the normal samples, college students scored significantly higher on SCL-90 indicating that the students had worse mental health. Significant differences were noted in the dimensions of EPQ between college students and the normal samples. The total score of SCL-90 was found to be significantly related to four factors, namely neuroticism, family economic status, school and nationality.
Conclusion  The mental health status of college students in Xining region is lower than that of the normal population, and factors of neuroticism, family economic status, school and nationality are related to their mental health.

Citation: HAN Guoling,DU Xinbai,LIU Guilan,A Huaihong,SUN Fuying,ZHANG Yumei,ZHUO Ma,MA Linshan,WANG Xin. Mental Health Status of College Students in Xining Region. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2007, 07(8): 571-574. doi: Copy