Investigate the impact of different school education systems on adolescent mental health (depression and anxiety) in Beijing.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to explore the differences in students' mental health levels across different types of schooling systems. The current Chinese education system is basically divided into two categories. Chinese traditional education and international education system. Traditional education puts more emphasis on competition and scores, while international education emphasizes a holistic and diverse educational environment. In this study,  depression anxiety will be the two criteria that I used to measure students' mental health problems. I have used A convergent parallel mixed-methods and semi-structured interview to conduct both both quantitative and qualitative research. The effect of different education system are described by three dimension, Teacher-student relationship, Peer-relation, Academic pressure. Studies have shown that public school students show higher mean scores on depression and anxiety scales compared to international school students, and qualitative research suggests that this may be due to differences in the educational environments provided by the two schools and in students' perceptions of stress.