Instructional Research on Mental Health Education for College Students from the Perspective of Positive Psychology
- 1 Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, China
Abstract
With the development of The Times, the changes that the objects, forms and contents of mental health education in universities have been witnessed each passing day. Keeping pace with The Times and improve working forms and methods to adapt to these changes is a must, which deals with the emerging problems of mental health that college students have been confronted. Meanwhile, we should renew our ideas and try to develop college students’ mental health education with various methods. Positive psychology focuses on people’s positive cognitive processing, positive emotional experience and positive attitudes towards society, and emphasizes the important role of positive psychological qualities such as optimism, hope, happiness, social responsibility and altruistic behavior. This paper mainly analyzes the problems in the mental health education of college students from the perspective of positive psychology, and puts forward scientific and effective suggestions on the adjustment of mental health education of college students.
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