Table 2 Characteristics of Mentally healthy college students based on Chinese culture

Value Pursuit

① Loving their motherland and identifying with their culture

② Having a sense of responsibility and mission and being willing to dedicate oneself to the country at any time

③ Daring to criticize, explore, and innovate

Life Attitude

① Loving life and being positive

② Staying positive and having the ability and quality to cope with hardships

③ Being flexible and dialectical

④Being inclusive and broad-minded

Interpersonal Ideal

① Being benevolent and kind

② Interpersonal harmony and comfort

③ Having a soul mate

④ Showing filial respect to parents appropriately

Behavior Ability

① Adapting to the environment

② Studying diligently and learning well

③ Being emotionally appropriate and can regulate emotions

Self-cultivation

① Having an objective, positive perception of oneself and can accept one’s mediocrity

② Being confident and also modest

③ Focusing on introspection and contemplation to align with the sages

④ Possessing good qualities advocated by Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism coexist harmoniously