ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the social anxiety status and its relationship with personality of soldiers stationed on island. Methods Totally 289 soldiers stationed on island were assessed by Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SAD) and Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), and the data were analyzed by SPSS 21.0 software. Results The social avoidance (SA) score was significantly lower than that of Chinese university students (P2 years and ≤5 years, >5 years and 8 years) (P2 years and ≤5 years was the most obvious. The scores of SA and SD were significantly correlated with four dimensions (psychoticism, lntroversive and extroversive tendency, neuroticism, and disguise) of EPQ (P〈0.05, P<0.01). Conclusion Shaping outward and stable personality traits can help to improve social anxiety status of soldiers stationed on island.