Establishment of mental quality scale norms for servicemen in Chinese PLA and analysis of their application / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish the morms of mental quality scale for servicemen in Chinese PLA.Methods A total of 7 124 servicemen were randomly sampled from Chinese PLA.Their mental quality was assessed based on the "mental quality scale" we previously established by correlation,regression,variance and student's t test analysis.Results A significant difference existed in mental quality of servicemen,which can be greatly influenced by different services,official ranks,and lengths of military service.Four norms,including a total norm,a service norm,a rank norm,and a military service length norm,were accordingly established,which can be used as the objective criteria for the assessment of mental quality of servicemen in Chinese PLA.A significant difference was found in mental quality of servicemen between the services,official ranks,and lengths of military service (P