A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE MODEL OF CHINESE HIGHER VOCATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN HENAN PROVINCE
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This study has three objectives: 1) To study the level of mental health services provided in higher vocational colleges in Henan Province; 2) To study confirmatory factor analysis of mental health services in higher vocational colleges in Henan Province; 3) To propose the mental health service model of Chinese higher vocational colleges students in Henan Province. This study employs a mixed-methods research approach, comprising both quantitative and qualitative methods. Stratified random sampling was used to collect 755 valid responses from 92 higher vocational colleges in Henan Province. A self-designed measurement instrument containing eight latent variables and 100 items was developed, and its content validity was evaluated using an Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) assessed by five experts. Quantitative data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The qualitative component involved semi-structured interviews with nine mental health service experts from the six participating colleges.
The results showed that the quantitative analysis demonstrated a good fit of the proposed model, while the qualitative findings further validated the empirical support for the model. The findings confirm a mental health service model comprising eight factors: service accessibility (SA), counselor competence (CC), service use intention (SUI), online mental health services (OMHS), crisis preparedness (CRP), perceived social support (PSS), teacher support (TS), and trust in confidentiality (TC). Furthermore, this study proposes recommendations for improving the provision of student mental health services, ranging from policy development to service delivery.
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