Analysis of the Psychological Needs and Coping Strategies of the Current Chinese Teenagers

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Analysis of the Psychological Needs and Coping Strategies of the Current Chinese Teenagers

Jingya Qi 1*
  • 1 School of Education, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4067    
  • *corresponding author Jingyaqq18@gmail.com
LNEP Vol.6
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-37-9
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Abstract

The psychological need is not a new concept. It affects every aspect of a person in the normal process of survival. When material life is gradually satisfied, and people have begun to pursue a spiritual life, the satisfaction of psychological needs seems necessary to realize everyday life. Such a changing trend has naturally attracted the attention of many researchers. In recent years, mental health problems or mental diseases have occurred in more and more adolescents, and the satisfaction of psychological needs has become a new research direction for relevant scholars to study the prevention and intervention of adolescent mental health problems. Therefore, this paper focuses on China, which has already started to pay attention to the development of mental health education and takes Chinese adolescents as the research object. Based on the relevant research data and literature in recent years, this paper discusses and analyzes the psychological needs of Chinese adolescents and practical strategies that can be applied in daily education work. According to the discussion, the psychological needs of Chinese teenagers are not very different from those of normal teenagers in other countries. Still, they have a stronger desire to meet specific psychological needs in some situations.

Keywords:

Adolescence, Chinese adolescents, Psychological needs, Mental health, School or family education

Qi,J. (2023). Analysis of the Psychological Needs and Coping Strategies of the Current Chinese Teenagers. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,6,229-235.
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