Volume 29, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.165
INFLUENCE OF IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL EDUCATION ON MENTAL HEALTH OF COLLEGE STUDENTS UNDER MEDIA CONVERGENCE
Abstract
The mental health of college students is a nonnegligible issue in higher education. In the context of media convergence, this paper aims to disclose how the ideological and political curriculumin colleges influences the mental health of students. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey was conducted among college students of different majors, grades and genders. Then, the survey results were discussed in three dimensions: emotion, interpersonal relationship and cognition. The results show that the ideological and political education in colleges helps students to develop a positive mindset and acquire social wisdom, and promote their mental health; the ideological and political curriculum can improve the behavior and interpersonal relationship of college students. The research results lay a theoretical basis for the design of ideological and political curriculum in Chinese colleges.
Keywords
Mental Health, Ideological and Political Education, College Curriculum, Media Convergence.