Analysis on the factors affecting psychological counseling,depression and insomnia in medical students
Objective:To investigate the factors affecting psychological counseling,depressive symptoms and insomnia in medical students and the relationship between psychological counseling and depressive symptoms.Methods:Between January and February 2023,we conducted a survey on the students from a medical college in Wuhu,Anhui Province,using Psychological Counseling Resource Awareness Questionnaire,Psychological Counseling Principle Awareness Questionnaire,Nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire(PHQ-9)and Insomnia Severity Index(ISI)Questionnaire.Results:The awareness of psychological counseling resources represented positive effect in female students,student leaders,lower grades,and students from an only-child family(all P<0.05),and the depressive symptoms had negative effect on the awareness of psychological counseling resources(P<0.05).Positive effects on the awareness of psychological counseling principles were seen in female students,students born in urban areas,and lower grades(all P<0.05),and single-parent family,authoritarian-controlling/indifferent-negligent parenting styles had positive impacts on depressive symptoms as well(all P<0.01).Authoritarian-controlling/indifferent-negligent parenting styles had positive impacts on insomnia(all P<0.01).Conclusion:Depressive symptoms have a negative impact on psychological counseling,and depressive emotions will affect the attitude towards seeking psychological help.Related sections in the higher learning institutions shall fully function in facilitating preventive psychological consultation,identifying the students with potential depressive symptoms,and establishing a psychological crisis intervention mechanism as well as actively guiding the students to correctly understand psychological counseling.
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