The Relationship between Coping Style and Mental Health of College Students: Multilayer Analysis Based on Collective Efficacy

This paper aims to explore the effect of collective efficacy on the relationship between coping styles and mental health of college student. It carries out questionnaire survey:coping styles questionnaire, collective efficacy questionnaire and SCL-90 mental symptom scale in 1050 college students of 4 universities in Shandong. The results show:(1)Significant gender differences of coping style are clear between boys and girls in mental health, problem solving and self-blame; the only child gets higher scores on rationalization than non-only child; significant differences exist between liberal arts students and science students in mental health, problem solving and self-blame. (2)There is a significant positive correlation between rationalization, self-blame, fantasy, avoidance and mental health, while there is a significant negative correlation between problem solving, seeking help and mental health. (3)Multilayer analysis shows that the collective efficacy of dormitory level negatively predicts mental health; collective efficacy positively predict the relationship between problem solving and mental health, and between help seeking and mental health; but negatively predict the relationship between fantasy and mental health.So improving the sense of collective efficacy is conducive to promoting college students to correctly use coping styles and establish learning associations to maintain their mental health.