The improvement of ideological and political course education to the psychological anxiety of college students

Abstract

Background

College students are in a critical period of value formation as a particular group. This group is more susceptible to the adverse influence of the outside world, producing anxiety, depression, and other negative psychology, causing personality crises. In recent years, many colleges and universities have set up psychological consultation rooms for college students. However, with the expansion of college enrollment, psychological counseling for tens of thousands of people but a drop in the bucket, unable to provide more student services.

Subjects and Methods

Ideological and political courses can carry out the education of ideas and moral norms in a planned way to ensure college students’ ideological and ethical standards. Therefore, the study proposes to use the ideological and political curriculum education in colleges and universities to intervene in the anxiety of college students. Sixty students with anxiety in a university were randomly selected. It is divided into ideological and political course education groups and general education groups; each group is 30 people. SPSS23.0 software was used to analyze the changes in psychological anxiety.

Results

Before the experiment, the baseline data of all students had no statistical significance (P>0.05). After the intervention, the psychological anxiety of students in the ideological and political education group was significantly improved compared with that in the general education group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).

Conclusions

Improving ideological and political courses can alleviate the anxiety of college students and enhance their personalities and thoughts.

Acknowledgement

Key Projects in Education and Teaching Reform of Jinling Institute of Technology (JIT) in 2021 (No. JYJG202101).