Intervention on mental health of transfer middle school students

Objective To explore the effective way of mental health education for transfer middle school students,and to provide reference for school mental health education.Methods A cluster randomized sampling of 52 junior high schools.A total of 173 transfer students were selected and divided into two groups:intervention group and control group.Mental Health Test (MHT)was implemented before and after the intervention.Results Before intervention,no significant difference on MHT score were found between the two groups (P>0.05).After one-semester intervention,transfer students in the intervention group scored 35.46 in MHT,which was significantly lower than that of control group (P<0.05).After two-semester intervention,the gap of MHT scores between the two groups increased to 5.89 (P<0.05).Significant decreasing trend was found in the anxiety level among intervention group.Conclusion Mental health intervention seems effective alleviating anxiety symptoms among transfer middle school students.