Investigation on Psychological Service Demand and Attitude of Seeking Professional Psychological Help of Officers and Sol-diers at Plateau
YANG Liu
LUO Wenjing
LI Honghua
RAO Wenjie
ZHANG Qiuru
JI Xin
WU Fei
Abstract：Objective To investigate the demands of plateau officers and soldiers for psychological services and their attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help,so as to provide a basis for targeted psychological serv-ices.Methods The attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help scale-short form(ATSPPH-SF)and a self-developed psychological health education and service needs questionnaire were used to conduct the questionnaire survey among 1 484 officers and soldiers at plateau.Results The requirement for psychological services was indicated by 34.97％of the officers and soldiers,and it was found that 93.73％of officers and soldiers exhibited an understanding of psychological knowledge,the most preferred method of psychological service was found to be mental health education lec-tures(70.82％),and the most needed content was identified as the popularization of psychological knowledge(73.11％).The contents of psychological health education that were found to be the most interesting to the officers and soldiers were as follows:basic knowledge and skills of emotional self-regulation(72.71％),interpersonal communication skills(69.74％),self-improvement(54.58％)and how to cope with stress and setbacks(52.22％).The mean total score of ATSPPH-SF of officers and soldiers at plateau was(15.43±3.81),significant effects on the total ATSPPH-SF scores were observed in relation to different identities,work experience,marital status and whether they were only children.Conclusion Although the officers and soldiers at plateau may be confronted with more psychological problems,their will-ingness to actively seek psychological help remains weak,it is necessary to carry out work according to the characteristics of their psychological service needs to promote their positive attitudes to seek professional psychological help.
Keywords：Officers and soldiers at plateauPsychological serviceProfessional psychological helpAttitudes to-ward seeking professional psychological help scale-short form
Publication Date：2025-09-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-10-24(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 805-809 )