THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AMONG BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CERTAIN REGIONS OF ANHUI PROVINCE AND...

Understanding the current state of negative emotions among boarding school students in Anhui Province and their relationship with family environment and educational methods, providing scientific basis for psychological health intervention and family education optimisation for boarding school students.

This study employed an anonymous online convenience sampling survey method to select 4,800 junior high and high school students in grades 7 to 12 from Hefei, Wuhu, Anqing, and other regions in Anhui Province to conduct a current situation survey. Among the valid respondents, 1,064 were boarding students. The questionnaire included general demographic characteristics, the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21), and other items.

The detection rates for depression, anxiety, and stress among boarding school students were 31.86%, 49.44%, and 17.29%, respectively. The detection rate for the coexistence of two negative emotions was 18.80% (the detection rates for the coexistence of depression and anxiety, depression and stress, and anxiety and stress were 14.94%, 0.28%, and 3.57%, respectively), and the detection rate for the coexistence of all three negative emotions was 13.35%. The multi-factor logistic regression adjustment model showed that more frequent visits home and higher maternal education levels were significantly associated with a reduced risk of depression and anxiety. Conversely, factors such as coming from a reconstituted family, poor parent-child relationships, and punitive and abusive parenting styles were closely associated with an increased risk of depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as their comorbidity.

Negative emotions among boarding school students are closely related to family environment and educational methods. It is recommended that the family and school support systems be optimised to promote students' mental health development.