Relationship between psychological stress and personality in drill troop personnel on the sea

Objective To investigate psychological stress and personality in the drill troop personnel on the sea and their correlation. Methods 126 drill troop soldiers were assigned to the drill group and the 136 peacetime soldiers were assigned to the comparison group.They were determined by Symptom Checklist 90(SCL 90) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ). Results The light negative responses of the drill group included interpersonal sensitivity,compulsion,hostility,somatization,paranoid ideation and so on.The obvious problems of mental health were paranoid ideation,compulsion,hostility,depression,interpersonal sensitivity and so on.Problems of somatization,phobia,positive item,psychopathy and hostility of the drill group were obviously higher than those of the comparison group and the drill group had higher scoreson psychoticism and neuroticism of EPQ. Taking each dimensionality of EPQ as independent variable,and taking the whole average score and the factor score of SCL 90 as attributive variable,we carried out stepwise multiple regression analysis.In the equations, P entered the whole average score of SCL 90 and every factor equations except hostility;N entered the whole average score of SCL 90 and every factor equations except somatization and phobia;E entered the equations of interpersonal sensitivity and depression.Conclusions The level of mental health of drill personnel is decreasing,psychoticism and neuroticism are easy to bring negative emotion and these characters are easy to produce more mental health problems on individual cognizance,sensibility,behaviour and adaptability.