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stress facing college entrance examination in high school students, Yang Sun, Xiangkui Zhang,
Northeast Normal University, China
The 324 high-school students were randomly selected as subjects coming from key school, general
school and private school in Hebei Province, respectively. Results showed that psychological
control of students from key and general school was significant higher than students from private
school, and seeking social support among girls were higher than boys. There are negatively
correlative between negative cognition appraisal, psychological control, social support and the
stress, and positively correlative between positive cognition appraisal and the stress. Negative
cognition appraisal, psychological controls, social support had directly effect on the stress driven
from college entrance examination.
3118.55 The measurement on the self-monitoring ability of undergraduates and its correlation
with their personality, Shuyuan Xu, Jun Zhou, Jiangxi Normal University, China
Objective: To explore the possible relationship between self-monitoring and personality in
undergraduates. Methods: 266 undergraduates were measured by the self-monitoring scale of
Snyder, from which 46 high d and 54 low high self-monitors were tested by Eysenck Personality
Questionnaire (EPQ). Results: The self-monitoring of undergraduates was negatively correlated
with extraversion vs. introversion, but positively correlated with stability of emotion. Students
with stable emotion are mostly high or middle self-monitors, but those with unstable emotion are
mostly low or middle self-monitors. Conclusion: Optimizing undergraduates’ personality might
play an important role in their self-monitoring ability.
3118.56 Coping styles of the retired persons as modulator to mental health, Juan Guo, Zhang
Xiangkui, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
The study investigated 304 retired persons as subjects. Results were found that: Firstly, the coping
styles of the retired were influenced by their degree of education, those with high degree of
education more tended to use distancing and researching, those with low ones more like to use
illusion and escape; Secondly, the coping styles of the retired played as the mediator between
mental health and changes after the retired, there was a direct effect between the social contact and
mental health; an indirect effect between incomes reducing, losing of post and mental health,
which were mediated through distancing, illusion and escape.
3118.57 Self-esteem mechanism and its enlightenment in school education, Ping Liu,
Changchun Normal College, China
This paper respectively presents the enlightenment of the anxious buffer mechanism of self-esteem
and prompting mechanism. As to the former, what it enlightens us in school education are:
Improvement the level of students’ self-esteem should be based on the admission of the
self-esteem. Teachers should cultivate favorable school and class spirit, promote a positive culture
atmosphere and help students adopt proper moral and ethical values. As to the latter, what it
enlightens us in school education are: When students’ self-esteem has begun improving, educators
should take advantage of this positive development by promoting the students’ progress and
scholastic achievement.
3118.58 Social determinants of advice seeking, Ted Hannah, Malcolm Grant, Cathryn Button,
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