Abstract: Poor college students are a special group of college students in China. In recent years, the psychological problems of poor college students have attracted great attention from society and universities. This paper discusses the causes of the main psychological problems of poor college students, and puts forward some countermeasures to solve these problems.

Paper Keywords: poor college students; Psychological problems; Countermeasures

Poor college students are the disadvantaged group in colleges and universities, and they are also a special group that attracts people's attention, accounting for about one-fifth of college students. Economic distress makes these students rush about for survival and study, and makes them bear the double pressure of economy and psychology. Doing a good job of poor college students not only embodies the requirements of higher education fairness, but also is a realistic problem that ideological and political education in colleges and universities must face.

First, the psychological problems of poor college students

There are many excellent students who are active, self-reliant and eager to learn. However, most poor students are not only under great economic pressure, but also under the mental pressure brought by it. These problems can easily affect the mental health, study and career choice of poor college students. , as follows:

inferiority complex

Inferiority is the most typical psychological feature of students from poor families, and it is also the main source of their psychological problems. Students from poor families have strong self-esteem and hope to be respected by teachers and classmates. However, due to the constraints of their own growth environment, poor students feel that they are lagging behind other students in knowledge, language ability and interpersonal skills, and they are also dwarfed in various school activities, making it difficult to achieve the goal of maintaining self-esteem. In the conflict, people who are not as good as people in economy and knowledge are expanded to people who are not as good as people in ability and to all aspects of life, and they have doubts about themselves and fall into inferiority. Especially the poor freshmen who have just entered the university, they are far away from the eyes of classmates' worship and teachers' praise because of their excellent academic performance in high school, and have a strong sense of loss, which also aggravates their inferiority complex.

anxious

Anxiety is a complex emotional response, which is made up of feelings such as tension, anxiety, uneasiness, worry and fear. Poor students are often in a pessimistic and anxious state because of heavy family burden and great ideological pressure. Some poor students are worried about their families. They are either worried about their parents' poor health, or worried about the increase of debts at home, or afraid of another accident at home. Some poor students are anxious about the cost of living and studying; There are also some poor students who are worried about their poor academic performance and feel anxious for their parents. These persistent or excessive anxiety experiences of poor students will damage their normal psychological activities, thus affecting their normal study and life.

(3) jealousy

Jealousy refers to the psychological state of indifference, disparagement, rejection and even hostility to the corresponding lucky or potential lucky people in the struggle for certain rights and interests. As a poor student, he knows that the economy is not as good as other students. Because of the need of self-protection, poor students are particularly sensitive and prone to jealousy. For the arrogance and superiority shown by rich children, they spend money at will, and they are dissatisfied and disgusted. Forming this prejudice for a long time will not only make poor students unsociable, but also affect the interpersonal relationship between classmates.

(D) Closed psychology

Some poor college students are obviously isolated from themselves in interpersonal communication. First, I don't want to participate in group activities. I'm worried that my shabby appearance and rebellious consumption will make people look down upon me, so I have to take evasive measures to avoid my self-esteem. Second, they are unwilling to let teachers and classmates know their poverty and difficulties, try their best to cover them up, and rely on their patience and personal efforts to tide over the difficulties. Third, they are extremely sensitive and suspicious about the people and things around them, and often close themselves up because they are afraid that others will not understand and accept them correctly, living alone, being withdrawn, and lacking in exchange of ideas and feelings.

(E) whitewash psychology

Some poor college students, because they can't correctly look at the difficulties they face, are worried that they will be looked down upon because of the difficulties, and disguise themselves in various ways. Their usual attitude towards life and behavior are extremely inconsistent with the real situation, or even completely contrary. For example, you can usually scrimp and save, but you are particularly particular about dressing; I am usually shy, but I am generous at class reunion; Usually the performance is average, but in front of classmates, he always shows an arrogance and makes a superior posture. Even ashamed of poverty, unwilling to accept the care of teachers.

(6) Guilt and helplessness

Most poor college students have similar family backgrounds, or are located in poor mountainous areas with blocked traffic, poor natural conditions and backward economic development; Or brothers and sisters go to school at the same time, and the family's economic burden is extremely heavy; Or parents are overworked, weak and sick, and it is difficult to make money; Or the family encounters an irresistible disaster. All these situations make poor college students feel distressed that they can't stand on their own feet, and they also feel distressed that they can't relieve the pressure for their parents and families. Facing the pressure and difficulties in real life, they show helplessness and disappointment, and live in a state of self-blame and guilt.

Second, the causes of psychological problems of poor college students

There are many reasons for the negative psychological characteristics of poor college students: society, family, school and individual. There are mainly the following points:

(A) the individual's psychological quality leads to psychological problems

Some poor college students can't understand and accept themselves correctly because of their family economic opposition, and their self-awareness, self-experience and self-control are not high, so they are prone to self-evaluation deviation. This deviation often leads to psychological problems, which makes it difficult for them to correctly understand their relationship with others and society, thus resulting in various psychological problems. Some poor students think that as poor students, they should be concerned by the school and everyone. Once you think that you have not received enough attention, you will be unhappy, fidgety, lament and even angry. Some poor students regard poverty as an unbearable setback in life and take a negative attitude towards life. When faced with difficulties and failures, they regard poverty as a reason to escape and retreat, forming a negative psychological defense mechanism. These misconceptions do great harm to them and aggravate the psychological problems of poor college students.

(B) Social environment leads to psychological problems

Under the impact of the spring tide of market economy, different values and cultural environment have an impact on poor students through individual personality and behavior. First of all, with the prosperity of commodity economy, the social environment constantly stimulates students' desire for consumption, which undoubtedly brings a heavy psychological burden to poor students who are cash-strapped. However, the unhealthy trend of consumption comparison in colleges and universities has intensified their desire for money, and this fierce conflict between psychology and poverty reality has led to their inferiority and jealousy. Secondly, in some people's minds, social culture has evolved into a subculture with money as its sole goal, and interpersonal relationships have become snobbish and indifferent. This phenomenon makes poor students feel that money plays a great role in real life. Without money, they have no status. Some poor students are unwilling to admit the reality of their poverty. At the same time, some people's prejudice against poor students makes some poor students feel that they are receiving "charity" psychologically, which has dampened their self-esteem, thus aggravating their inferiority complex and negative life. This leads to psychological imbalance. People always think that they are not rich, dress from time to time, be looked down upon, and feel inferior and depressed easily.

(C) the school environment leads to psychological problems

Most poor students come from rural areas with relatively backward cultural environment and educational conditions. The primary and secondary education in these areas has long been based on exam-oriented education, and quality education is just empty talk in these schools, which leads to their poor comprehensive quality, insufficient development of their personality, feeling worse than others in all aspects after entering the university, and prone to psychological problems. Generally speaking, poor college students, whether in family, school or social life, will not have much contrast with the living conditions of people around them before entering the university, and will be more likely to integrate into various organizations. However, after entering the university, this contrast suddenly became obvious. Many students compete with each other in class reunion, clothing consumption and entertainment consumption, but it is difficult for poor college students to find a sense of psychological belonging in such activities, which easily leads to psychological imbalance and self-isolation.