The study of influence factors of mental health in military personnel under stress

doi:10.3969/.issn.1674-3245.2018.01.005

Abstract：Objective To explore influence factors of mental health in military personnel under stress. Methods A total of 313 recruits were chosen by random cluster sampling in Zhejiang Changxing,and were assessed by the military mental disorders predictive scale,the military personnel resilience scale,the Chinese social support scale and the self-efficacy scale. And serum cortisol was examined,using enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay(ELISA)before the military training and 1 month military training later.Compare military personnel stress level and the mental health status before and after 1 month military training,and path analysis methods were employed for data processing.Results The level of serum cortisol of military personnel was significantly elevated after 1 month military training(P < 0.05);The total military mental disorder scores, including total scores,factor scores of psychosis depression and neurosis were in higher level after 1 month military training(P<0.05). Pearson correlation analysis found that there were negative correlation between total score of self-efficacy scale,resilience scale and military mental disorders predictive scale and factor scores of psychotic depression,neurosis(P< 0.05),and manic factor score(P< 0.05);there were positive correlation between total score of social support scale and military mental disorders predictive scale and factor score of psychotic,depression,neurosis, manic(P<0.05).Path analysis showed that resilience,social support,self-efficacy could directly affect the mental health level,while social support and self-efficiency could affect mental endurance level by influencing the level of resilience. The structural equation model fitting indices of GFR,NFI,IFI,TLI,CFI were approximately equal to 0.9.Conclusion The resilience,social support and self-efficacy can affect military personnel's mental health when they under stress and resilience can mediate the relation between mental health and social support,self-efficacy.