Objective To discuss and ascertain the relationship between the degree of identification with the " Water Culture" of college students and the mental elasticity and the suicidal ideation

so as to provide a perspective from water culture to the work of college mental health education and emergency intervention.Method Use water culture identification questionnaire

RSA

and SIOSS to survey 974 college students.Results The scores of eight dimensions if the college students water culture identification questionnaire all exceeded the medium number 3

and the total score was 28.52±2.73.In terms of variables of population statistics

female students

students of liberal arts divisions

and students from rural areas have a higher degree of identification with water culture than male students

students of natural science divisions

and students from urban areas respectively

and the differences in the identification degree were statistically significant（P<0.05）.Moreover

6.08%out of the group of high identification with water culture were found out to have the suicidal ideation

while the rate of those having the same idea from the group of low identification with water culture turned out to be 12.93%.The differences of the two in comparison were statistically significant（χ2=7.16

P<0.01）.Conclusion College students in general identify with the value of water culture

yet differences in degree of identification exist among those of different sexes

academic majors

and geographic sources.The higher degree of identification with water culture one holds

the better mental elasticity one has

and the less prone one is to have the suicidal ideation.Thus the education of water culture has a significant effect on the maintenance of the mental health of college students.