A study of related factors affecting Taiwan high school students’ mental health – enlightenment of high school mental health education

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26-3-2021 4:30 PM

End Date

26-3-2021 4:45 PM

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This study aimed to understand the life and mental health conditions in high school students in Taiwan, to determine whether family function is associated with high school students’ mental health, and to provide suggestions for high school mental health education.

A questionnaire measures the respondents’ basic information, current living conditions, and problems in life, and three scales, Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21), The Chinese Family Assessment Instrument(C-FAI) and Ego Resilience Scale (ERS), were sent to the students recruited from junior and senior high schools in New Taipei City in Taiwan by using purposive sampling method. Shotgun approach was adopted in this study to identify the distribution of the given data, and to determine the correlation among the factors.

1,200 questionnaires were sent out, 1,010 were returned, and 1,009 are valid. This study confirms that high school students’ mental health was correlated with the quality of family function. The more effective family communication is, the less problem of mental health issue high school students have. However, the more support the parents provide, the higher academic pressure high school students feel. The more frequently high school students experience depression, the more problems of interpersonal disturbance they have.

This study suggests high school teachers to use relevant scales when conducting surveys on the living conditions of students. In addition to establish a database for future research, teachers can help students understand their problems and emotional condition through the scales and families, schools, and communities can provide further support.

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Chung, Y.-T. (2021, March). A study of related factors affecting Taiwan high school students’ mental health – enlightenment of high school mental health education. Presented at the Postgraduate Conference on Interdisciplinary Learning: Re-Imagining Postgraduate Studies in the 21st Century and Beyond. Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

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A study of related factors affecting Taiwan high school students’ mental health – enlightenment of high school mental health education

This study aimed to understand the life and mental health conditions in high school students in Taiwan, to determine whether family function is associated with high school students’ mental health, and to provide suggestions for high school mental health education.

A questionnaire measures the respondents’ basic information, current living conditions, and problems in life, and three scales, Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21), The Chinese Family Assessment Instrument(C-FAI) and Ego Resilience Scale (ERS), were sent to the students recruited from junior and senior high schools in New Taipei City in Taiwan by using purposive sampling method. Shotgun approach was adopted in this study to identify the distribution of the given data, and to determine the correlation among the factors.

1,200 questionnaires were sent out, 1,010 were returned, and 1,009 are valid. This study confirms that high school students’ mental health was correlated with the quality of family function. The more effective family communication is, the less problem of mental health issue high school students have. However, the more support the parents provide, the higher academic pressure high school students feel. The more frequently high school students experience depression, the more problems of interpersonal disturbance they have.

This study suggests high school teachers to use relevant scales when conducting surveys on the living conditions of students. In addition to establish a database for future research, teachers can help students understand their problems and emotional condition through the scales and families, schools, and communities can provide further support.