本研究旨在探討大學生的獨處能力、生活壓力與身心健康彼此間的關係。研究樣本來自中部地區6所大專院校共2,416名大學生。採用問卷調查法,所使用的研究工具有:「獨處能力量表」、「生活壓力量表」與「身心健康量表」,調查所得資料以典型相關分析法進行處理及探討。研究結果如下: (一)生活壓力與身心健康之間有顯著關係:大學生「情感壓力」、「就業壓力」、「自我壓力」與「課業壓力」愈嚴重,則其「嚴重憂鬱症」、「社會功能障礙」、「焦慮和不眠症」與「生理症狀」之身心健康狀況愈差。 (二)獨處能力與身心健康之間有顯著關係:大學生「獨處因應」與「獨處舒適」能力愈高,則其「嚴重憂鬱」、「社會功能障礙」、「焦慮和不眠症」與「生理症狀」之身心健康方面失調愈少。 (三)獨處能力與生活壓力之間有顯著關係:大學生「獨處因應」與「獨處舒適」能力愈高,則其「情感壓力」、「自我壓力」與「課業壓力」等生活壓力事件困擾愈少。
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships among the ability to be alone, life stress and mental health of college students. In the study, 2,416 students were collected as research sample from six colleges in Taichung district and three scales, Ability to be Alone Scale, Life Stress Scale, General Health Scale, were used as research instruments. Data obtained were analyzed by canonical correlation analysis. The main findings were as follows: There was significant correlation between life stress and mental health. If students had higher ”emotional stress”, ”employment stress”, ”self stress” and ”academic stress”, they were likely to have higher ”serious depression”, ”social disability”, ”anxiety and insomnia” and ”physical symptoms”. There was significant correlation between the ability to be alone and mental health. Students with higher ”solitary coping” and ”solitary comfort” were likely to have lower ”serious depression”, ”social disability”, ”anxiety and insomnia”, and ”physical symptoms”. There was significant correlation between the ability to be alone and life stress. Students with higher ”solitary coping” and ”solitary comfort” were likely to have lower ”emotional stress”, ”self stress”, and ”academic stress”.