Analysis of stressful life events and its influencing factors among junior high school students in Shaoxing

Objective To understand the current situation of stressful life events and explore its influencing factors among junior high school students in Shaoxing,in order to provide evidence for making intervention measures.Methods A total of 3 397 junior high school students selected from Shaoxing by stratified cluster random sampling were investigated with Muliti-dimensional Life Events Rating Questionnaire(MLERQ).Results The top 5 incidence of stressful life events among middle school students were having poor test scores (72.21%),short of teachers expectations (66.79%),partial section (64.41%),parents chattering(56.20%) and being scolded by parents(40.80%).Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that studying in urban school,not only children,grade 2,grade 3,heavy study stress were risk factors of stressful life events among middle school students(B=0.234,0.210,0.317,1.195,P<0.05).Having many close friends was the protective factor of stressful life events among middle school students(P<0.01).Conclusion The stressful life events among middle school students in Shaoxing are not optimistic.Intervention measures should be taken for different characteristics of middle school students.