Research on Pathways for Cultivating Positive Psychological Quality of College Students under New Quality Productivity

Abstract

The rapid development of new-type productive forces has posed novel and more complex demands on higher education talent cultivation. Positive psychological qualities, as essential components of college students’ comprehensive competencies encompassing optimism, self-confidence, adaptability, resilience, and innovative awareness, serve to stimulate intrinsic motivation and enhance their capacity to meet the evolving needs of new-type productive forces. This holds significant implications for accelerating high-quality talent development and supporting national strategies for innovation-driven growth. Grounded in the context of new-type productive forces, this study first clarifies their connotation, core characteristics, and emerging expectations for the psychological qualities of university students, thereby revealing the value and strategic significance of cultivating positive psychological traits under this paradigm. On this basis, the paper systematically analyzes current challenges in college students’ psychological development, including insufficient initiative, weak frustration tolerance, and misalignment between mental health education and industrial transformation. Building on these insights, it proposes actionable pathways for fostering positive psychological qualities, such as integrating positive psychology into curricula, constructing multi-level support systems, strengthening campus culture and practice platforms, and promoting collaborative education among universities, families, and society. The study aims to provide theoretical guidance and practical references for the reform and innovation of mental health education in contemporary higher education institutions under the background of new-type productive forces.