The study on the relation of mental health to personality, coping styles and state -trait anxiety in armymen of a military special forces

Objective To investigate correlations of mental health to state-trait anxiety,personality and coping of the armymen of military special forces,so providing science basis for mental health education and mental quality training armymen of the special forces.Methods Investigation was conducted in 460 special forces armymen selected with stratified random cluster sampling method,by using general situation questionnaire,statetrait anxiety inventory,coping styles questionnaire,eysenck personality questionnaire(EPQ) and symptom check list90(SCL-90) for group testing.Results There was no significant differences between Chinese special forces soldiers on total score of SCL-90,but factor scores of the norm in special forces on somatization,obsession,anxiety,hostility,phobia were higher than the soldiers obviously(P 0.01 或 P 0.05);the factor scores of special forces soldiers in EPQ-P,EPQ-N were obviously lower than the norm in soldiers;however EPQ-L was higher than the norm(P0.01);the factor scores of problem-solving and helping in coping style were significantly higher than norm in soldiers(P 0.01);while the self-blame,illusion,retreatment and rationalization were lower than the norm in soldiers(P 0.01);state anxiety and trait anxiety scores were significantly higher than the national norm.The correlation analysis showed that in the SCL-90 total average score and EPQ scores of the EPQ-P,EPQ-N and coping styles in immature coping style(self-blame,fantasy,retreatment) and a mixed response(rationalization) was significantly positively related(P0.01);EPQ scores of the EPQ-E and EPQ-L showed a significant correlation(P 0.01).The regression analysis showed significant influence factors in order were the state anxiety of special forces the total score in SCL-90,the EPQ-N,rationalization,trait anxiety.In four variables,the coefficient of determination R2 =0.746;inspection of equations showed,F =51.52,P =0.00.Conclusion In the overall mental health of soldiers of special forces general domestic state are fair;mental health is influenced by the combination of personality,respond way,state-trait anxiety,and other intermediary variables of which moderately controlled anxiety is an important factor in maintaining mental health.