Research on psychological health of poor college students

Abstract

Due to the multiple reasons of economic, academic, lack of communication, poor college students more easily show some obvious psychological symptoms, such as anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. Besides to providing the economic assistance to poor students, university teachers should also guide them to a correct their view of poverty, open psychological lectures, systematically construct the mental health education. Through acceptance of the psychological explanations, universal mental health knowledge, and understanding of the characteristics of adolescent psychological development and the law, poor students will improve their self-awareness and self-improvement skills. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.