Correlation of mental health and personality of secondary nursing students in Xinjiang

Objective To know the mental health of secondary nursing students in Xinjiang and provide evidence for the psychological intervention. Methods 309 secondary nursing students in one health school were investigated with the general questionnaire, SCL-90 and EPQ. Results Compulsive symptoms rate in SCL-90 was highest, and accounted for 72.5%. Average score in SCL-90 was （2.08±0.56）, and higher than national norm （ 1.75±0.67 ） （ t = 10. 25, P 〈 0. 01 ）. Every factor score of SCL-90 about the secondary nurses was higher than the national norm, and had statistical difference （ P 〈 0. 01 ）. The girls, scores of depression （ 2.13±0.73）, anxiety （2.08±0.72） and terrorist （ 1.93±0.74） were higher than boys [ （ 1.60±0.33 ）, （1.66±0.52）,（1.42±0.37）], and the difference was significant （t= -5.54, -2. 12, -4.68;P〈 0. 05）. The Uygur secondary nursing students, scores of somatization, coercion, depression anxiety and psychosis were higher and they have statistical differences（P 〈 0. 05 ）. There is a direct correlation between all dimensions of SCL-90 and nervousness and psyehoticism of EPQ （ P 〈 0. 05 ）, and were negative correlation with dissimulation （P 〈 0. 05 ）. Conclusions The mental health status of Xinjiang secondary nursing students are bad, so these students need to be paid more attention to their mental health, especially female nursing students and minority nationality nursing students. Key words: Secondary nursing students;  Mental health;  Personality;  Correlation