Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 631-640.

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Investigation on Mental Health State of Primary and Secondary School Students after 30 Months of Wenchuan Earthquake

LIN Chong-de1, WU Xin-chun1, ZHANG Yu-di1,2, ZANG Wei-wei1,3, ZHOU Xiao1, DAI Yan4   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Beijing Information Technology College, Beijing 100015;
    3. Center for Psychological Counseling and Development, Bejing University of Science and Techology, Beijing 100083;
    4. College of Educational Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068
  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-11-15

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Abstract: A survey on posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD), depression, learning burnout and posttraumatic growth(PTG) was conducted on primary and secondary school students in the severely-stricken areas of Wenchuan earthquake at 30 months after the earthquake. The results showed that the level of primary and secondary students' PTSD and depression were comparatively high, and the prevlence rate is 6.6% and 69.5% respectively, among which girls and high school students were high risk populations. The overall situation of learning burnout was not serious,but their learning self-efficiency was comparatively low. In addition, the level of primary and secondary school students' PTG was high, and had the similar difference of sex and grade with PTSD; the relationship between PTSD, depression, learning burnout and PTG are positive, zero and zero respectively. It's suggested that the mental health educators pay more importance attention to reducing students' PTSD and depression as well as stimulating students' PTG. Meanwhile, they should be fully aware of psychological distress occurred in the students with high levels of PTG.

Key words: primary and secondary school students, Wenchuan earthquake, PTSD, depression, learning burnout, PTG

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  • B844.2
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