Abstract: ObjectiveExploring character of coping style that the poor freshmen of college had when they went into the college,so that the psychology-health education could be carried out effectively.MethodsSurveying the coping style of 231 poor freshmen with the questionnaire made by XIAO Ji-hua.ResultsThe subjects resorted more to the coping styles of problem solving and help seeking than the avoidance and fantasy coping styles were used in high frequency,while the rational ization and self-abusiveness coping style were used the fewest.There were four types of coping style,multiple(21.6%),active(35.56%),negative(16.5%),general(26.4%);In self-abusiveness coping style,there significant difference in sex and major.In avoidance coping style,there was significant interaction between sex and major.ConclusionThe poor freshmen mainly used active coping styles and large numbers of them belonged to active type of coping style.The negative coping styles they used more were the avoidance and fantasy coping,the proportion of negative type of coping style plus multiple one was over thirty percent.