A STUDY ON MITIGATION STRATEGIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ANXIETY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS UNDER LEARNING STRESS

Background: With the rapid development of social economy and the acceleration of the current life pace, "anxiety" has become a common phenomenon. Academic stress, as one of the core sources of college students' stress, has an important impact on college students in terms of anxiety. Subjects and methods: 1,240 college students were investigated by Questionnaire Star, a questionnaire survey tool, and Self-rating Anxiety Scale. The results were analyzed by the statistical analysis software SPSS 26.0. Result: Among the 1,240 subjects, participating the survey, 232 students (18.7%) were in normal condition, 785 (63.3%) were mildly anxious, 192 (15.5%) were moderately anxious, and 31 (2.5%) were severely anxious. For college students, their anxiety is affected by different factors including gender, grade and academic performance. Among the different coping strategies of anxiety, the effect of psychological counseling turns out to be the best. On the other hand, avoidance strategy leads to aggravation of anxiety. Conclusions: College students' anxiety is affected by gender, grade, academic performance and other factors. Among the coping strategies of anxiety, turning to psychiatrists for professional psychological counselling shows the best effect. Instead, avoidance strategy leads to a more severe situation of anxiety.