Analysis of Personality Characteristics of 2570 Recruits in One Troops

Objective To investigate recruit′s personality characteristics during the middle basic military training.Methods Eysenck personality questionnaire(EPQ) was used to detect personality characteristics of 2570 recruits by cluster selection.Results ① At the age of 16-19 and 20-29,all the recruits′ personality scores of introversion-extroversion factor(E) were higher than those of PLA norm(P0.01),but scores of neuroticism(N) and psychoticism factors(P) were lower(P0.01);the concealing score of recruits at the age of 20-29 was higher than that of PLA norm(P0.05),but there was no significant difference in recruits at the age of 16-19.② the scores of introversion-extroversion(E) showed a normal distribution of recruits in one troops compared with those of PLA norm,and the percentage of introverted or extroverts personality was significantly raised(P0.01);the score of emotions stability showed skewness distribution,and the number of stability was significantly raised(P0.01).③The scores of pathological personality obviously increased in recruits with low level of education,single-parent family,lived in town,and the non-student occupation before joined the army.Conclusion The general personality characteristics and structure are good.There are significant differences in personality in recruits with different social status,so different recruits group should be given different attention according to personality characteristics in personnel screening,mental intervention and personnel training.