Investigation of the Source of Mental Stress among Female Students in Hubei University for Nationalities

By use of Undergraduate Psychological Stress Inventory designed by Fan Fumin, female students in Hubei University for Nationalities were tested for their psychological stress and coping strategies. The results showed that: (1)Undergraduate female students are in great psychological stress.(2)The stress are mainly from self-development, the choice of career, academic issues and interpersonal communication.(3)when faced with psychological stress, the principal strategy is the do-it-oneself strategy with a higher percentage of PE-majored female students taking this strategy. (4) In the face of stress, female students tend to turn to classmates, close friends, least to psychological consultants, head teachers or counselors.