Author(s)

Zhao Junping ¹, Wang Xiaowei ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Taiyuan University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030032, China

Corresponding Author

Zhao Junping

ABSTRACT

This study aims to enhance the mental health literacy of college students, strengthen the effectiveness of ideological and political education, and cultivate well-rounded socialist builders and successors. In terms of methodology, an ecological ideological and political course system for "Mental Health Education for College Students" was constructed, innovatively adopting a student-led resource co-construction model. The Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) was used to assess the mental health of both experimental and control groups of college students. The data showed that the scores of freshmen on the 10 dimensions of SCL-90 and the average total score of SCL-90 were significantly higher than the asymptomatic threshold (1 point), and the total score of SCL-90 was also higher than the asymptomatic threshold (90 points), indicating that some freshmen showed multidimensional health conditions and the overall mental health level of freshmen was relatively low. The experimental group scored significantly lower than the control group in dimensions such as somatization, hostility, and paranoia, confirming the intervention efficacy of the ecological ideological and political course on mental health. In the comparison based on demographic variables, it was found that female participants scored higher than male participants in the depression dimension. Participants with left-behind experiences scored higher than those without such experiences in the dimensions of paranoia, psychoticism, and additional items. Based on these findings, six optimization paths are proposed: deepening the organic integration and practical transformation of ideological and political elements in courses; establishing a long-term mechanism for psychological support for special groups; improving mechanisms for fostering learning motivation and self-efficacy; building a dynamic process evaluation system; developing a multi-modal teaching resource matrix; and implementing a dual-qualified faculty development program for psychology and ideological and political education.

KEYWORDS

College Students; Ideological and Political Education in Courses; Mental Health

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhao Junping, Wang Xiaowei, The current situation of college students' mental health under the background of building ideological and political information database. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2025) Vol. 9: 99-106. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2025.090215.

REFERENCES

[1] Office of the Ministry of Education. Notice on Strengthening Student Mental Health Management [EB/OL]. Beijing: Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, 2021-07-07 [2024-10-07]. http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A12/moe_1407/s3020/202107/t20210720_545789.html.
[2] Zhao Yang. Analysis of College Students' Mental Health under the Perspective of Higher Education Level Stratification [J]. Shanxi Youth, 2024(18):99-101.
[3] Xu Hongyan. Investigation on the Mental Health Status of College Students and Its Influencing Factors [J]. Western Quality Education, 2024,10(15):106-109.
[4] Li Danping. Survey on the mental health status of college students released! College admission becomes the biggest risk factor [N]. China Youth Daily, 2023-03-27 (004).
[5] Ye Xinxin. Analysis of the Mental Health Status of Post-00s College Students under "Gray Internet Public Opinion" [J]. New West China, 2023 (06):143-146.
[6] Wang Li, Wang Min. Mental health status and educational countermeasures of college students in the network environment [J]. Knowledge Window (Teacher Edition), 2019(06):25.
[7] Zhu Xiaoli. The Influence of Media Content on College Students' Mental Health [J]. Higher Education Journal, 2022,8 (30): 67-70.
[8] Fu Yaqin, Li Feng, Zhao Zhifeng. Review, Problems and Prospects of Ideological and Political Education in College Courses [J]. Educational Exploration, 2025(03):61-67.
[9] Zhang Chi and Wang Wenqian. The context, logical shift and practical approach of "Course Ideology and Politics" in the New Engineering [J]. Education Exploration, 2024 (12):49-53.
[10] Qin Qiaoping, Xu Jin, Liu Xiang et al. Reform exploration of integrating academic literacy education into ideological and political teaching in courses [J]. Higher Education Journal, 2025,11(08):138-141.
[11] Wang Hua, Tian Xiaohua. Research on the Construction of Professional Course Ideological and Political Resources in Higher Vocational Education under the OBE Concept—Taking Taxation Practice Course as an Example [J]. Modern Vocational Education, 2025(07):137-140.
[12] Derogatis, L. R. SCL-90-R: Administration, scoring, and procedures for the SCL-90-R [M]. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1977.
[13] Gao Ye, Luo Pingjuan, Xu Zonglin et al. Research on the Influencing Factors of College Students' Mental Health Based on Big Data Technology [J]. Network Security Technology and Application, 2023 (02):82-85.
[14] Wang Lu. Interpreting the emotional problems of women dominated by hormones [N]. Medical News, 2024-03-14 (B05).
[15] Wang Xinrui, Zhang Jieping, Han Buxin. The Protective Effect of Social Support on the Mental Health of College Freshmen with Left-behind Experience in the Post-Pandemic Era [J]. Journal of Chengdu University of Technology, 2024,27(01):107-112.

Sponsors, Associates, and Links

---

• Curriculum and Teaching Methodology
  
  
• Transactions on Comparative Education
  
  
• Applied & Educational Psychology
  
  
• Advances in Vocational and Technical Education
  
  
• Adult and Higher Education