A Survey on the Current Status of Undergraduates’ Psychological Capital in Agricultural Vocational Undergraduate Institutions of Higher Learning

Abstract

Agricultural undergraduate vocational colleges and universities, as the main position for cultivating agricultural technology and skill talents, bear the important responsibility of providing high-quality talents for the countryside, which can be used and retained.Investigating the current status of psychological capital of college students in agricultural vocational undergraduate colleges and exploring strategies for improving the psychological capital of students in agriculture-related colleges and universities is not only a need for personal development, but also an important support for serving the strategy of rural revitalization.Methods: A psychological capital questionnaire employed to measure 826 college students and with subsequent statistical analysis of the collected data.Results:①The psychological capital of college students is generally in the middle-upper level; ②There are significant differences in the total psychological capital scores and sub-dimensions of college students of different genders (p < 0.05); ③ There are no significant differences in the total psychological capital scores of college students of different origins, and there are significant differences in the dimensions of self-efficacy and resilience (p < 0.05); ④ There is a significant difference in the psychological capital scores and sub-dimensions between college students of different genders (p < 0.05);⑤ There is a significant difference in the total psychological capital score and sub-dimensions (p<0.05) among college students with different academic performance.”