Title: Relationship between mental health and personality of 1263 freshmen in vocational college
Abstract: Objective To study the relationship between psychological health and personality of freshmenin vo-cational college.Methods 1 263 freshmen enrolledin year of 2004 in Anhui Technological College of Machin-ery and Electricity were surveyed for their mental health and personality by employing Symptom Check List 90(SCL-90) and Cattell′s 16 Personality Factor Test(16PF).Results Theinvestigation revealedthat 17.7 %ofall freshmen had mental problems.The factor scores in abnormal group on 16-PF were significantly differentfromthe normal group apart fromaggressiveness,abstractness,independence,introversion and openmindness(P0.05 orP0.01).There was a close relationship between the total scores on SCL-90 and four factor scoreson 16PF,which are anxiety,tension,liveliness and perfectionism.Conclusion Psychological health status offreshmenin vocational college should be paid much attention to.Personality is an i mportant factor which affectmental health but it can be i mproved through the cultivation of personality.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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