A Study of Health, Psychological and Social Factors and the Mental Health Status of KMUTT Students who Applied for Consultations in the Psychological Counseling Service of the Social Science and Humanities Programme, School of Liberal Arts, KMUTT.

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationships between health, psychological,and social factors, the stress from psychological problems and mental health status. The results ofthis study will be used to train students in life skills. The subjects in the research are 166 KMUTTstudents who applied for consultations in the Psychological Counseling Service of the Social Scienceand Humanities Programme, School of Liberal Arts obtained by using simple random samplingtechniques. The data were collected from a set of questionnaires and a health opinion survey.

The results of the study show that :

a) Psychological condition and the GPA of KMUTT students who applied for consultationsin the Psychological Counseling Service were not good.

b) There were moderate positively significant relationships between health, psychologicalcondition, social factors and psychological problems (p< 0.05).

c) Students who applied for consultations concerning relationships with their family andadaptability have more stress from psychological problems than students who applied for consultationsconcerning relationships with peer groups (p< 0.05).

The results of this study show that psychological condition and the Grade Point Average ofthe students who came for consultations in the Psychological Counseling Service still need morehelps and suggestions from counselors. The results also indicate that there is a risk for the studentsto have unhealthy metal status. Therefore, life skills which will be used to train these students werelove, self-esteem, self-responsibility and sociability, so that they will be able to make decision andfind the best solutions to solve problems in their life.