Effect of adaptive group psychological training on mental quality and mental health of students in military university / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of adaptive group psychological training on mental quality and mental health of students in military university.Methods A total of 118 students were divided into two groups randomly:training group(n =60) and control group(n =58).Training group received group psychological training and read the textbook mental quality training for soldiers for 3 months.Armyman mental quality (AMQ) and Symptom checklist-90(SCL-90) were employed to evaluate the mental quality and mental health of students before and after training.All data were analyzed by paired-sample T test and test level was 0.05.Results ①AMQ scores of factors of aptitude,loyalty,bravery,self-confidence and willpower were increased significantly in training group post-training than pre-training (P ＜ 0.05) and there was no significant difference in those factors in control group after training (P ＞ 0.05).②SCL-90 scores of factors of obsessive-compulsive,interpersonal sensitivity,hostility and psychotism as well as the mean score were decreased significantly in training group post-training than pre-training (P ＜0.05) and only the score of psychotism factor was decreased in control group post-training (P ＜ 0.05).③Scores of trait anxiety inventory (TAI) were decreased significantly in training group post-training than pre-training (P ＜ 0.05) and there was no significant difference in those of control group post-training (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Group psychological training can improve mental quality and mental health of students in military university.