The child's body and mind are in a stage of rapid development. Their mental health characteristics are closely related to their physical and mental development, which is manifested in the relative stability, mutual coordination and full development of the whole psychological activities and psychological characteristics, as well as the unity and adaptability with the objective environment. Generally speaking, children's mental health mainly has the following signs:
1, normal motor development
The development of exercise is closely related to the development of brain morphology and function. The development level of big body movements and fine finger movements is within the normal range, which is the basic condition for children's mental health.
2. Cognitive development is normal
Normal cognitive development is an important symbol of children's mental health. Because normal cognitive level is the basic psychological condition for children to live and study and achieve balance and coordination with the surrounding environment. Early childhood is a period of extremely rapid cognitive development, so we should try our best to avoid brain injury or inappropriate environmental stimulation and prevent children from having unhealthy psychology.
3. Emotional health and moderate emotional response
Emotion is an inner experience of objective things, which is not only a psychological process, but also the background of psychological activities. A good emotional state reflects the coordination of the central nervous system function, and also indicates that the individual's body and mind are in a good balance state.
Children's emotions are impulsive and changeable, and they are also relatively exposed. However, with the growth of age, the self-regulation of emotional process has been strengthened, which is manifested in the reduction of emotional impulsiveness, gradual improvement of stability and implicit enhancement. Children with mental health can react moderately to various stimuli in the environment and release negative emotions reasonably.
4. Willing to communicate with others and harmonious interpersonal relationship.
Generally speaking, children with mental health are willing to communicate with others, good at understanding and accepting others, and easy to be understood and accepted by others; Be good at cooperating with others and enjoying * * *, respect others' opinions and be generous and tolerant. On the contrary, children who are mentally unhealthy may haggle over every ounce and cannot tolerate it; Or indifferent to people; Or taciturn and withdrawn; Or can't cooperate with others, or even infringe upon others, and so on.
5, unified and coordinated behavior
Psychologists believe that a sound personality is a unified personality. With the growth of age, children's thinking gradually becomes organized, the time for intentional attention gradually increases, the expression of emotions becomes more reasonable, and the attitude towards objective things is more stable. Children's mental health, psychological activities and behaviors can basically be harmonious and unified; On the contrary, mentally healthy children are not focused, their interests are often shifted, their thinking is confused, their language is fragmented, their behaviors are often inconsistent, and their self-control and self-adjustment abilities are poor.
6. Good personality traits
Personality is the core and essential expression of personality, which is reflected in the stable attitude towards objective reality and habitual behavior. Children's character is gradually formed in the interaction with the surrounding environment. Children with mental health generally have personality characteristics such as enthusiasm, courage, self-confidence, initiative, modesty, generosity, cooperation and honesty, and their attitudes and behaviors towards themselves, others and the real environment are more in line with social norms; On the contrary, mentally unhealthy children are often in a state of disharmony with others and the real environment, showing such bad personality characteristics as indifference, inferiority, laziness, isolation, timidity, stubbornness, dependence and meanness.
7. No serious mental health problems.
Children's mental health is often manifested in various behaviors, such as finger sucking, enuresis, stuttering, hyperactivity and so on. Children with mental health should have no serious or complicated mental health problems.