68 THE INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION ON DEPRESSION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS MAJORING IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Authors: Qi* Linkai , Yao Kai , Lu Xinying 
Published: February 2025

Abstract

Background
With the intensification of social competition and the acceleration of the pace of life, the mental health problems of college students have become increasingly prominent, especially the students majoring in human resource management. Due to their professional characteristics, they need to have strong interpersonal communication skills and emotional management skills, so they have higher requirements for mental health. In recent years, scholars at home and abroad have conducted extensive research on the mental health problems of college students, especially the intervention measures of depression. The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of psychological intervention on depression of college students majoring in human resource management, in order to provide scientific basis and practical guidance for college mental health education. The research motivation is to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of psychological intervention, the idea is to verify the actual effect of psychological intervention measures through empirical research, and the outcome is expected to provide empirical support for mental health intervention in colleges and universities.

Methods
This study adopted a randomized controlled trial design, and selected 200 students majoring in human resource management from two universities as the research objects, randomly divided into the intervention group and the control group, 100 people in each group. The intervention group received 90 minutes of comprehensive psychological intervention once a week for 8 weeks, covering cognitive restructuring, emotional management skills, stress coping strategies and career planning guidance. The control group maintained the original state of learning and life, and did not receive additional intervention. The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) was used as the main assessment tool to assess all participants before and after the intervention. Finally, semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect participants’ subjective feedback on the intervention.

Results
The data showed that there was no significant difference in BDI-II scores between the two groups before intervention (P&gt;0.05), and after intervention, BDI-II scores in the intervention group were significantly decreased (P&lt;0.01), while there was no significant change in the control group (P&gt;0.05). Seventy-two percent of the students in the intervention group experienced relief from depression, compared with 28 percent in the control group. The interview results showed that students in the intervention group generally reported improvements in cognitive flexibility, emotional regulation, and career planning clarity.

Discussion
The results show that comprehensive psychological intervention has a significant effect on improving the depression of college students majoring in human resource management, which not only reduces the severity of depressive symptoms, but also improves the mental health level and career planning ability of students. The results not only enrich the theoretical system of college students’ mental health education, but also provide targeted intervention strategies for college students’ mental health education practice. Future research may further explore the long-term effects of different intervention modes, and how to better integrate psychological intervention into daily teaching and management in colleges and universities to form a continuous psychological support system.