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26 June 2026

Research on the Pathways for Cultivating Positive Psychological Qualities among College Students in the New Era

Zhenlei Zhang1 ,  Guanghua Tian1
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1 Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081, China
CEF 2026 , 4(6), 72–77; https://doi.org/10.26689/CEF.v4i6.15585
© 2026 by the Author. Licensee: Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

In the new era, the goal of higher education has shifted from knowledge imparting to all-round development, and the focus of mental health education has also shifted from problem correction to quality cultivation. The cultivation of positive psychological qualities among college students is an important part of implementing the fundamental task of moral education and promoting the all-round development of students. Based on the theory of positive psychology, this study systematically analyzes and studies the current situation and dilemma of positive psychological qualities among college students, and proposes constructing the cultivation path of positive psychological qualities among college students in the new era from the four dimensions of curriculum teaching, practical experience, cultural infiltration, and support guarantee. The concept of positive psychology is integrated into the whole process of talent training, forming a cultivation pattern of classroom and extracurricular complementarity, online and offline integration, school-family-social coordination, and improving the pertinence and effectiveness of positive psychological qualities among college students’ cultivation.

Keywords
College students
Positive psychological qualities
Cultivation pathways
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