Methods of stress management for college students. Sources of college students' stress
1, interpersonal pressure
College students come from different places with different experiences, habits, personal preferences and personalities. In addition, there are great differences in their knowledge and skills in interpersonal communication, which causes the contradictory psychology of college students' desire for communication and fear of communication, and thus brings great pressure. At present, most college students are only children, and they have been spoiled since childhood. What else? Self-centered? I only want to benefit from interpersonal communication, but I seldom take into account the wishes and feelings of others, which leads to the tension of interpersonal relationship with the surrounding students and the rejection of the surrounding students, thus forming certain interpersonal communication obstacles and generating great psychological pressure.
2. The pressure of study
Academic stress is one of the main stressors of college students, which not only affects their learning efficiency and grades, but also seriously affects their mental health level. On the one hand, college students have to pass the final exams of various courses in the school, and only by passing the exams can they get corresponding credits. If they can get high marks, the credits of this course will be high, which is related to their comprehensive ranking. To this end, students have to be busy studying every day.
On the other hand, in order to add weight to future employment, college students have to take social and professional exams. Such a huge academic burden makes students feel strong academic pressure, which seriously restricts the healthy development of college students.
3. Economic pressure
Since 1999 colleges and universities implemented the enrollment expansion policy, the scale of higher education has been increasing, and the fees of higher education have gradually changed from the original public fees to their own expenses, which has given college students considerable economic pressure. Especially college students in economically underdeveloped areas and rural areas, on the one hand, they have to worry about high tuition fees, on the other hand, they are happy that they can have the opportunity to change their destiny through the study of university knowledge.
4, the pressure of love
Most college students are between 18 and 22 years old, and they all have good expectations for love. However, with the development of economy and the continuous improvement of living standards in China, love materialism characterized by fashion consumption has become increasingly popular. Most college students reluctantly admit that the romantic atmosphere of love needs to be backed by money. There is no free lunch in love, and love consumption has become a kind of? Can't you save it? Consumption.
Family also has a certain influence on college students' love, especially the interference of parents in their children's love has brought them great pressure. In a word, for this college student, falling in love is prone to all kinds of psychological conflicts, which leads them to feel a strong pressure experience.
5. Pressure of employment
The increase in the number of graduates caused by the popularization of higher education, the relative decrease in the total demand for talents by employers and the continuous improvement in quality requirements are the main reasons for the employment pressure of students. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, in 20 12 years, the number of college graduates in China will reach a record high, and the number of graduates will reach 6.8 million, and the competitive pressure is increasing. Moreover, some college students are biased in self-cognition, lack of objective understanding of themselves, and tend to overestimate themselves. Once they encounter setbacks in the process of employment, they are prone to disappointment and inferiority, which in turn leads to great pressure.
Second, college students' stress management countermeasures
Stress is a part of our daily life. No matter what stage we are in life, we will face different kinds of stress, so stress management will accompany us all our lives. The goal of our stress management should be to control stress, not to eliminate it, because we can't eliminate it. There is no one-size-fits-all medicine in the world, and so is the stress management of college students. There is no one way for everyone. Every college student has his own unique personality characteristics and external environment, and needs to find a suitable stress management method.
1, strengthen mental health education
Schools should actively carry out mental health education, establish a mental health evaluation mechanism, and grasp the overall mental health level of college students; Set up compulsory courses and elective courses related to mental health to strengthen students' mental health education. Qian et al.' s research on college students in Beijing found that college students have a certain understanding of mental health knowledge, but there are many misunderstandings, and there is a significant positive correlation between their understanding of mental health and their mental health status.
When college students don't realize the pressure, they rarely manage it actively and effectively. Only when the pressure accumulates to a certain extent will they think about how to deal with it. Therefore, schools should help students improve their understanding of mental health through mental health education and lay the foundation for effective stress management.
2. Guide students to establish a positive outlook on life.
College students are an immature but highly plastic group. The university stage is also an important period for students to improve and develop their self-ability, shape themselves, and understand and comprehend life. Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate college students' positive outlook on life, let them face the pressure of life with an optimistic attitude, learn to see the two sides of things, try to think from another angle, change the thinking mode that is prone to stress, and make students form a positive attitude towards life.
3. Create a cultural atmosphere and relieve stress.
Cultural atmosphere has an important educational function, and college students are an important carrier of campus culture. Therefore, we can carry out various academic, sports, art and entertainment activities and carry out education in various cultural activities. Therefore, establishing a vibrant campus cultural atmosphere can not only expand students' recognition of campus activities and broaden their knowledge, but also enhance their confidence and courage in coping with pressure to a certain extent and promote their mental health development.
4, enhance their ability to withstand pressure.
First of all, college students should cultivate their own sound personality and establish a correct outlook on life, values and careers. These are directly related to the attitude and way of college students to manage stress; Secondly, to cultivate their ability to analyze and solve problems independently, only by constantly improving their knowledge and skills can they stand in an active position in life; Finally, we should cultivate our self-confidence and believe that we can overcome all setbacks and challenges.
5. Establish good interpersonal relationships
The interpersonal relationship of college students mainly includes the following three aspects: the relationship between classmates, the relationship between teachers and students, and the relationship between students and schools and other members of society. Communication is the most important part of establishing good interpersonal relationship, and it is the process of transferring emotions, attitudes, thoughts and beliefs between people, so communication is also an important channel for college students to relieve stress. College students should strengthen communication and exchange with people around them, be good at expressing their feelings, actively participate in various social activities, communicate with people with a sincere, friendly and tolerant attitude, constantly improve their interpersonal skills and build their own social support system.
Third, summary.
Good communication between counselors and students is conducive to solving students' potential psychological problems and thorny problems in study, work and life, enhancing emotional communication between students and counselors, creating a more favorable environment for students and promoting their growth and success. Of course, in the face of different students and different problems, counselors must analyze specific problems and communicate in different ways that students are willing to accept, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
College students are the future of the motherland, the hope of the nation, and the builders and successors of the socialist cause. University is the last stop for college students to go to society, and counselors are undoubtedly the most persistent watchers of this station. Counselors bear an extremely important responsibility for the growth of college students, and the cultivation of their abilities and qualities plays an important role in the cultivation of college students. Therefore, exploring the main stressors of college students, helping them manage their stress effectively and how to communicate with them so that they can control their stress within an acceptable range have become an important topic of mental health education in colleges and universities.