The Correlation Analysis of Mental Health and Influencing Factors of New Recruits

Objective To explore the mental health status of new recruits from a troop to provide the scientific evidences for the mental health education,the management and target-oriented psychological counseling in recruit training period as well as developing in the future.Methods SCL-90,EPQA,SAS,SDS were used to investigate 700 new recruits with self-reported questionnaire,then we compared their mental health level between different culture,different regions,the family inhabited area and whether for single children.Results 1 Except depression,hostility and crankiness,among the SCL-90 10 factors,there were differences between other factors and the national norm(P0.01).The somzatization was obviously higher than the national norm,and the next was anxiety and the force factor.The standard scores of SAS and SDS from these recruits were prominently higher than the national norm(P0.01).The significant differences were found in the scores of E,N and L of EPQA between the new recruits and normal controls(P0.05).2 For interpersonal relationship sensitiveness factor and psychotic factor,the scores of the immature mental age stage(17-19 year-old)were higher than the mature period soldiers'(P0.05).The N score of the countryside original soldiers was higher than the city's(P0.05).There were no statistical significant differences among any factor of the four questionnaires in term of original places,single child or the birth order.In the scores of SDS,P and L,educational level was one of important factors.3 Multiple linear regression and correlation analysis found that personality characteristics had relationship with the average of SCL-90,the scores of somatization factor,force factor,SAS and SDS.Conclusion In order to improve the psychological health level,the suitable psychological health education should be given regularly to army.