THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG RNTRANCE EXAMINATION, COPING RESPONSES, AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE STUDENTS AT VACATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN TAIPEI

• Main Authors: Cheng Sue-Chen, 程素真
• Other Authors: Kang-lin Kate Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32763104046238289509

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 兒童與家庭學系碩士班 === 94 === Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among entrance examination, coping responses, and mental health of students at vocational high school in Taipei. The study is based on a total of 531 teenage students from 15 senior vocational high schools in Taipei. The materials used in this study are Entrance Examination Stress Questionnaire, Coping Responses Questionnaire, and Chinese Health Questionnaire.The t-test, correlation analysis are used to analyze the data and the results are shown as below: 1. The students’ main entrance examination stress comes from examination itself, self expectation, and stress from studies, while stress from teachers and parents is little. 2. The coping behaviors most students use are “shirking” and “emotion relieving”, only a few students have “emotional disturbance.” 3. 61.6% students have mental health problem. 4. There’s obvious difference between boys and girls when it comes to “stress from parents” and “stress from examination.” 5. There’s obvious difference between male students and female students in “positive coping responses” and “facing the pressure.” 6. “Stress from examination”, “self expectation”, “stress from teachers” and “stress from parents” have significant influence on “positive coping responses”. These variables explain 34.2% of the effects. 7. “Stress from examination”, “self expectation”, “stress from studies”, and “stress from parents” have significant influence on “negative coping responses”. These variables explain 27.5% of the effects 8. It is predictable that the important variables of mental health are “stress from parents”, “stress from studies”, “facing problems” “emotional disturbance”, etc.. The above results have been discussed in the thesis and some suggestions for further study are made as well.