Application of Painting Therapy on Mental Health Maintenance in Recruits
LI Ping-mei
ZENG Xian-ke
HUA Mei
Abstract：Objective To observe the effects of paining therapy on the mental health maintenance in recruits.Methods From January 2015 to November 2016,70 recruits in a barrack of regiment were randomly selected and divided into painting group (n =35) and control group (n =35).The painting group used painting therapy on the basis of mental health maintenance,and the control group received the routine maintenance of mental health.Two groups were evaluated before and after treatment by the symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90) and sixteen personality factor questionnaire (16-PF).Results The scores of painting group after therapy were significantly lower than these of painting group before therapy and control group after therapy in SCL-90 scale of somatization,sensitive of interpersonal relationship,depression,anxiety,hostility and fear (P＜0.05).The 16-PF scores of sociability,intelligence,stability,excitability,courage,independence of the painting group after therapy were significantly higher than these of the painting group before therapy and the control group after therapy,however,sensitivity,sophistication and anxiety scores were obviously less (P＜ 0.05).Conclusion The application of painting therapy on mental health maintenance can improve the effects of mental health of recruits and promote the recruits to adapt to military life as soon as possible.
Keywords：Painting therapyRecruitsMental health maintenance
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 542-545 )