How would you describe a mentally healthy college student based on Chinese culture? A qualitative research from the perspective of college students

Table 1 Basic information of final interviewees

Partici-pant	age	School type	Category of major	Year in university	Region	Nationality	Home-town	The only one child	Education-Father	Occupation-Father	Education-Mother	Occupation-Mother	Mental health score	Interview duration	Word count of raw transcript
M1	19	G	Law	1st	1	Han	U	No	3	Teacher	3	Doctor	9.8	65 min	15,600
M2	23	G	Management	3rd	2	Han	U	Yes	3	Office-holder	2	Office-holder	7	70 min	16,700
M3	20	G	Economics	1st	3	Han	R	No	1	Lorry driver	1	Worker	9	57 min	13,000
M4	21	G	Science	3rd	3	Han	R	No	2	Businessman	2	A professional	9	67 min	11,300
M5	20	G	Economics	1st	3	Han	U	No	2	Office-holder	2	Laid off	7	100 min	24,300
M6	22	D	Law	4th	4	Han	U	No	1	Self-employed	2	Private employment	7	81 min	23,600
M7	21	G	Law	2nd	6	Han	U	No	1	Purchasing agent	1	Sales manager	10	98 min	24,700
F1	22	D	Engineering	3rd	2	Mongol	U	Yes	4	Teacher	3	Office-holder	8	50 min	11,900
F2	20	G	Medicine	3rd	5	Han	U	No	3	Employees of state-owned enterprises	3	Self-employed	8	54 min	9,900
F3	20	G	Education	3rd	3	Han	U	Yes	3	Staff	3	Nurse	8	96 min	23,200
F4	20	G	Economics	1st	3	Han	R	No	1	Farmer	1	Farmer	7	58 min	13,800
F5	20	G	Science	3rd	3	Han	R	No	2	Worker	1	Unemployed	8	70 min	13,700
F6	23	G	Management	3rd	2	Han	R	No	1	Farmer	1	Farmer	8	99 min	26,400
F7	23	D	Medicine	4th	2	Han	U	Yes	4	Teacher	4	Teacher	8	75 min	17,700
F8	21	D	Law	3rd	4	Han	R	No	2	Self-employed	2	Self-employed	8	60 min	13,700
F9	19	G	Education	1st	3	Han	U	No	1	Farmer	1	Farmer	8	83 min	13,200
F10	20	D	Science	2nd	5	Han	U	Yes	2	Accountant	3	Teacher	8	69 min	16,300

Participant: F female, interviewees, M male participants. School type: D Double World-Class Project Universities, G General Universities. Region: 1 = Northwest China, 2 = North China,3 = Central China, 4 = Southwest China, 5 = South China;6 = East China. Hometown: U = Urban areas, R = Rural areas. Level of education:1 = junior high school, 2 = High School, 3 = Specialty or Undergraduate, 4 = Postgraduate

ISSN: 2050-7283