The Development of Life Values Integrated Curriculum to Enhance Mental Health for Freshmen Students
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The objectives of this study were as follows: 1) to investigate the current state of mental health and life values among college students after the epidemic, 2) to develop a Life Values Integrated Curriculum, 3) to conduct an experimental study using the developed curriculum, 4) to assess the satisfaction of students participating in the experiment with the curriculum. The study initially employed a questionnaire research method to investigate the mental health levels and the current state of life values among 719 university students in Guangxi, utilizing the Mental Health and Life Values Questionnaire. Subsequently, three experts assessed the development of the Life Values Integrated Curriculum using the Index of Objective Consistency (IOC) method. Following this, we implemented a quasi-experimental design to teach the Life Values Integrated Curriculum to 51 university students from Wuzhou University, analyzing changes in the students' mental health levels before and after the experiment, as well as their satisfaction with the curriculum's content. Finally, we used a curriculum satisfaction questionnaire to assess students' satisfaction with the curriculum. The results of the study showed that: 1）That Depression, Anxiety, and Stress of college students were at normal levels and Mental Wellbeing was at moderate levels.2）The Life Values Integrated Curriculum has well-defined objectives, content, and teaching arrangements. It comprises 6 units, totaling 18 hours, and has successfully passed the IOC test.3）Life values integrated curriculum has a positive impact on freshmen students, not only can it help freshmen students significantly reduce Depression, Anxiety, Stress negative emotions, but also can significantly improve the level of positive mental health. And student satisfaction with the units is good. 4）Students expressed the highest level of satisfaction with the instructor.
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