The Impact of Positive Psychological Ability on College Students' Mental Health Level after COVID-19 Outbreak

Abstract

This study was designed based on the research on the relationship between positive psychological ability and the mental health level of college students, to explore the breakthrough point of college students' getting rid of negative psychology after the COVID-19 outbreak from the perspective of positive psychological ability, so as to improve their mental health level by using Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), Positive Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PPQ) and College Students' Positive Psychological Quality Scale with the objects of 517 college students in Guangxi. The results show that: (1) the level of students' mental health is significantly positively correlated with their positive mental abilities (positive mental capital and positive mental quality); (2) college students' parenting patterns, academic achievements and interpersonal relationships are significantly different in many dimensions of college students' mental health level, positive psychological capital and positive psychological quality.