Abstract: ObjectiveTo explore the mental health status and related factors of college students of rehabilitation medicine.Methods38 college students of rehabilitation medicine were assessed with Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), Coping Style Questionnaire (CSQ), and Adolescent Self-rating Life Events Checklist (ASLEC). Data of students of rehabilitation medicine, medical students, common university students and young people were compared.ResultsSCL-90 scores of students rehabilitation medicine were significantly lower than that of medical students and common university students, also lower than that of young people (besides somatization and anxiety factors), and scores of some sub-scales of EPQ, CSQ and ASLEC of students of rehabilitation medicine were positive or negative relationship with some SCL-90 factors in different degrees (P<0.05～0.01).ConclusionThe mental health status of students of rehabilitation medicine is good in general, and the main affected factors on mental health are instability emotion, negative daily events and immature coping style.

Key words: mental health, personality, coping style, life events