Effect of mental quality training on personality of military personnel

    YANG Guoª²Yu, XIA Benª²Li, ZHONG Tieª²Jun, FENG Zhengª²Zhi, WANG Ping, WANG Haiª²Ying, SONG Deª²Ming, LI Guoª²Liang, LIU Yunª²Bo, WANG Tao

    1Department of Psychology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China, 2Bureau of Health, PLA General Armament Department, Beijing 100101, China, 3PLA 77103 Unit, Chongqing 400014, China, 492538 Unit, Navy, Dalian 116000, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To study the effect of systematic mental quality training on the personality of military personnel. METHODS: One hundred eighty servicemen were divided into training group and control group. Using the textbook Mental Quality Training of Servicemen, the training group was trained for 6 months and the control group had no such training. Cattell¬ðs 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire (16PF) was employed to evaluate the mental health of servicemen before and after training and data were analyzed by pairedª²sample test. RESULTS: ¢Ù As compared with those of the controls, the 16PF scores of the servicemen in the training group increased significantly in factor H, G and Y3 after training, and decreased significantly in factor O (P<0.05). No difference was observed in all the 16PF scores between the training group and the control group before training (P>0.05). ¢Ú As compared with those of the controls, the 16PF scores of the soldiers in the training group increased significantly in factor H and G (P<0.05) and no difference was observed in all the 16PF scores between the training group and the control group before training (P>0.05). ¢Û As compared with those of the controls, the 16PF scores of the nonª²commissioned officers in the training group increased significantly in factor C after training and decreased significantly in factor X1 (P<0.05). No difference was observed in all the 16PF scores between the training group and the control group before training (P>0.05). ¢Ü As compared with those of the controls, the 16PF scores of officers in the training group increased significantly in factor A after training, and decreased significantly in factor O (P<0.05). No difference was observed in all the 16PF scores between the training group and the control group before training (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Systemic mental quality training of military personnel plays an important role in some personality development of military personnel. The training effect is different for military personnel of different ranks. ......