Psychological Health Education of College Students from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

Li Gao

【Abstrac】The purpose of mental health education at university stage is to shape the positive and healthy psychological state of college students and improve their psychological quality. At present， with the rapid development of our country， rapid social rhythm and fierce competition， the current mental health education has no longer adapted to the physical and mental development of college students. From the perspective of positive psychology， this paper briefly discusses the mental health education of college students.

【Key words】Positive Psychology； College Students？蒺 Mental Health； Colleges and Universities

【中圖分类号】G64 【文献标识码】A 【文章编号】2095-3089（2019）31-0249-01

1.Overview of Positive Psychology

The so？鄄called positive psychology refers to the use of relatively perfect and scientific experimental methods to study human strength and virtue and other positive directions of psychology. Previous psychological studies tend to pay more attention to the negative psychological activities of human beings. On the contrary， positive psychology mainly focuses on the positive forces of human beings.

Positive psychology can be roughly divided into three categories： positive emotions and experiences， positive personality， and positive social organization system. The application of psychological health education to college students is of great significance in cultivating their positive personality and guiding their correct values.

2.Relevant Measures of College Students？蒺 Mental Health Education from the Perspective of Positive Psychology

2.1Enhancing Positive Emotional Experience and Feeling Success

Famous American scholars believe that everyone has their own unique advantages， everyone can learn something by using their own strengths， so as to develop their potential to a greater extent， and feel success， enhance the happiness feelings.

College period is the development stage of students？蒺 rational emotions. Their emotions are not stable， and they often fluctuate greatly. Therefore， in the University stage， in the process of students？蒺 emotional development， if teachers actively create conditions， scope and let students have positive emotional experience， it is of great significance for students to adapt to the environment， improve personality， disposition and so on. In the current mental health education， besides helping and guiding students to express and evaluate their cognitive emotion， teachers should pay more attention to how to improve students？蒺 sense of achievement， how to let students experience success and how to improve their sense of happiness and other positive emotions.

2.2 Shaping Positive Personality

Positive personality is the basic guarantee for the development of college students？蒺 mental health. Positive personality has a profound impact on all aspects of college students？蒺 life， learning and social practice. Positive personality has many benefits for college students to enter society and integrate into society. Therefore， the current college students？蒺 psychological health education should change the education mode and improve the atmosphere conditions for shaping their positive personality.

First， let college students feel positive emotional experience activities， which have been mentioned above， and I wont repeat here. Secondly， developing good self？鄄esteem is one of the effective ways to shape positive personality. Self？鄄esteem includes sense of belonging and sense of control. To cultivate self？鄄esteem， we should start from these two aspects. The sense of belonging is the feeling of being liked and respected by others， while the sense of control is the feeling that individual thoughts and actions affect others. Both of them are different ways of reflecting personal values.

2.3 Perfecting the Resources of Mental Health Education

At present， college students？蒺 mental health education is obviously short of educational resources. Firstly， there is a lack of human resources and professional psychologists. Colleges and universities devote insufficiently and lack relevant research mechanisms. Secondly， the education curriculum is imperfect and the content is obsolete. Current curriculum arrangement can not meet the needs of students？蒺 psychological development and can not adapt to the development of the times. In addition to some basic psychological theory courses， colleges and universities should also offer psychological courses which are closely related to college students， such as interpersonal communication， emotional management and employment psychological guidance， so as to lay a good foundation for college students to adapt to society better.

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