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| Relationship of armed policeman’s personality traits and coping style and mental health research |
| PENG Xuehong1 and YANG Zuxing2 |
| 1. The Department of Mental Health, 2. The Director of Medical Service. Shandong Provincial Corps Hospital,Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces,Jinan 250012, China |
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Abstract Objective To investigate the personality characteristics and coping style of soldiers to beretived confronting special events and their effects on mental health. Method 365 soldiers to be retired after retired 3 months were recruited at for evaluation using symptom checklist ( Symptom Checklist 90, SCL-90), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Eysenck Personality Questionaire, EPQ ) and Coping Style Questionnaire ( Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire ) evaluation. Results (1) Early mental health status of soldiers to be retired and extraversion-introversion were very significantly negatively correlated (P<0.01), and neuroticism and psychoticism had very significant positive correlation (P<0.01); and immature and mixed coping style had very significant positive correlation (P<0.01). (2) Personality trait of neuroticism on mental health scores had very positive effects (P<0.001). (3) Self-reproach and rationalization in neuroticism predicting mental health scores played a partial mediating effect. Conclusions Individual personality plays a role in predicting mental health and also has impact, on mental health by coping style.
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Received: 03 June 2012
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. [J]. Med. J. Chin. Peop. Armed Poli. Forc., 2019, 30(5): 455-456. |
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2013, Vol. 24 
