Adolescent self differentiation level and relationship with mental health

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-6493.2015.31.013

Abstract：Objective:To analyze the correlation between adolescent self differentiation level and mental health.Methods:The 540 teenagers at the age of 13~18 year residing in 3 communities in Tangshan city were taken as the research objects.The general self differentiation scale and symptom Checklist 90 (SCL 90)were used to evaluate,combined with the understanding of teenagers on the knowledge of mental health to analyze the rela-tionship between self differentiation level and psychological health.Results:The adolescents with normal men-tal health state in high self differentiation group and low level group were respectively 91.6% and 84.8%,the adolescents with abnormal psychological problems accounted for 8.4% and 15.2% and the difference was statis-tically significant between both groups(P <0.05);there was statistically significant difference in somatization, compulsion,interpersonal relationship sensitivity,depression,anxiety and hostility score between both groups(P <0.05);the adolescents mental health knowledge awareness rate was 40.1%~ 55.5% and 14.0%~27.2% in both groups,and the difference was statistically significant(P <0.05).Conclusion:High self differentiation level was conducive to understand adolescent health knowledge and promote the mental health of teenagers.