Women are delicate and sensitive in mind and have a high susceptibility to psychological problems.However,the unique characteristics of women provide an important basis for them to develop positive psycho-logical qualities.Therefore,this study aims to explore the influence of positive psychological qualities on mental health of female college students.1 326 female college students were investigated by the Chinese Character Strengths Questionnaire(CCSQ)and Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90).The findings indicated that:(1)The overall positive psychological quality of female college students was better,the humanness quality develops best,and the courage quality scores were lowest.(2)There was a significant negative correlation between the dimensions of positive psychological quality and the factors of SCL-90.(3)The courage quality negatively predicted the overall mental health of female college students,and the ability of courage quality to predict obsessive-compulsive symptoms,interpersonal sensitivity factors and depression factors was much higher than other positive psychological qualities.The humaneness negatively predicted anxiety,hostility,paranoia and psychosis,and its predictive ability was significantly higher than other positive psychological qualities.The transcendental qualities predicted somatization and terror much more than other qualities.This reveals that positive psychological qualities have an important impact on the mental health of female college students,among which courage,humanity and transcendence qualities have the most significant impact on the mental health of female college students,indicating that the mental health level of female college students can be improved by stimulating specific positive psychological qualities.
关键词
女大学生/积极心理品质/心理健康/SCL-90
Key words
female college students/positive psychological quality/mental health/SCL-90