[College students social anxiety associated with stress and mental health].

OBJECTIVE To explore the mediator effects of social anxiety on college students' life stress and mental health. METHODS 1430 college students were tested by revised Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List (ASLEC), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12) and social anxiety scale chose from Self-Consciousness Scale. RESULTS 1. Social anxiety was the mediator variable between stress and mental health. 2. Female students were easily suffered from higher losing stress and human relationship stress in comparision with male. 3. Non-only child Students got a higher score in social anxiety and lower GHQ in comparision with only child. CONCLUSION It may be helpful to improve the stress management and mental health of college students by testing and intervening their social anxiety perception.