Mental health status of military men after sea training and the influence factors / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the soldiers' mental health status and its influence factors after sea training. Methods A total of 1 107 military men were evaluated by using the symptom check list 90(SCL 90) and Eysenck personality questionnaire(EPQ) after sea training. Results In this study, except interpersonal sensitivity index, all factorial scores of the military man after training were higher than the norm of normal Chinese. The total scores and some factorial scores, such as obsession, interpersonal sensitivity, panic and paranoid were significantly lower than those of the norm of normal Chinese servicemen. In this group, 230 (20 78%) soldiers had the single factor score higher than 3. The mean factor score of SCL 90 of the solders coming from cities was higher than that of those from rural areas. Scores of the men who served for 1 year were higher than those for 2 years. Correlation analysis of the scores of SCL 90 and EPQ showed more emotional instability, introversion, and fierce emotional reaction resulted in higher score of SCL 90. Conclusion The mental health status of the military men investigated was good. Sea training had almost no influence on them. However, about 20% soldiers had mental health problems resulted from the factors such as higher level of education, coming from cities, short service time, and some personality characteristics.