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Investigation of personality character and capability of the recruits

Zhao Xiu-lin

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Objective To investigate the whole mental health and the reaction ability of recruits.Methods One hundred recruits were examined by the test of SCL-90,EPQ and numeric hunting test.Results The scores of SCL-90 in somatization,obsessive-compulsive,interpersonal sensitivity,depression,anxiety,hostility,photic anxiety and paranoid ideation in the recruits were significantly lower than those of soldiers' norm.There was correlation between the mean score of majority of the items of SCL-90 and every dimensional result of EPQ.The scale of ability test was significantly correlated to anxiety and introversion-extraversion.Conclusion These data suggest that psychological problems exist in recruits and should be concerned in order to maintain their physical and psychological health.

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Objective To investigate the whole mental health and the reaction ability of recruits.Methods One hundred recruits were examined by the test of SCL-90,EPQ and numeric hunting test.Results The scores of SCL-90 in somatization,obsessive-compulsive,interpersonal sensitivity,depression,anxiety,hostility,photic anxiety and paranoid ideation in the recruits were significantly lower than those of soldiers' norm.There was correlation between the mean score of majority of the items of SCL-90 and every dimensional result of EPQ.The scale of ability test was significantly correlated to anxiety and introversion-extraversion.Conclusion These data suggest that psychological problems exist in recruits and should be concerned in order to maintain their physical and psychological health.

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Objective To investigate the whole mental health and the reaction ability of recruits.Methods One hundred recruits were examined by the test of SCL-90,EPQ and numeric hunting test.Results The scores of SCL-90 in somatization,obsessive-compulsive,interpersonal sensitivity,depression,anxiety,hostility,photic anxiety and paranoid ideation in the recruits were significantly lower than those of soldiers' norm.There was correlation between the mean score of majority of the items of SCL-90 and every dimensional result of EPQ.The scale of ability test was significantly correlated to anxiety and introversion-extraversion.Conclusion These data suggest that psychological problems exist in recruits and should be concerned in order to maintain their physical and psychological health.

Key concepts: Somatization, Hostility, Anxiety, Extraversion and introversion, Clinical psychology, Personality, Psychology, Test (biology)

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