What are the positive effects of interpersonal communication on people's mental health?

1. Interpersonal communication meets individual needs. Maslow, an American psychologist, believes that people's needs are divided into five kinds from low to high like a ladder, namely: physiological needs, security needs, belonging and love needs, respect needs and self-realization needs. At first glance, there seems to be no need for communication in the hierarchy of needs theory. But in fact, the satisfaction of every need is inseparable from communication activities. These five needs can neither be satisfied within the scope of individual self, nor can they be satisfied by themselves from the outside world. Take the relatively low-level human needs-physiological needs and security needs as an example. These two needs involve the acquisition of materials (such as food, clothing, housing and transportation) and are inseparable from the relationship with others.

The sense of belonging and the need for love are the core manifestations of communication needs, which include two aspects. First, the need for friendship, that is, everyone needs to maintain a harmonious relationship with partners and colleagues and maintain friendship and loyalty; Everyone wants to love others and is eager to accept their love. The second is the need of belonging, that is, everyone has the need to belong to a group and wants to be a member of the group and care for each other. These two needs belong to the needs of interpersonal communication.

Only when people meet the needs of belonging and love can they get happiness and learn to love others and themselves. People who lack interpersonal communication often don't feel the concern of the people around them and have no value to live in this world for themselves. Compared with physiological needs, emotional needs have a more important influence on the formation of individual personality.

2. Interpersonal communication promotes the development and perfection of individual personality. Happy, extensive and profound interpersonal communication can promote college students' personality development and mental health. If there is no positive interpersonal communication and stable social support in the process of university growth, there may be some personality defects. At the same time, the higher the individual's mental health level, the more active he is in communicating with others, the more he can play his social role and establish a deep relationship with others. Interpersonal communication and college students' mental health level influence and promote each other.

3. Interpersonal communication promotes the deepening of individual self-knowledge. Goethe said that one can only know oneself in the crowd. People know themselves by interacting with others, by comparing with others, and by others' feedback on their own image. If a person swears and everyone around him is disgusted with his behavior, then he will pay attention to his words and deeds next time to avoid similar situations. In the process of interpersonal communication, college students often find their own advantages and foothold from their peers' reactions, attitudes and evaluations, find their due position in society, and ensure that their behavior is more in line with social expectations.