Correlation between mental health and personality characteristics of Chinese medical students: a meta-analysis
Shen Ke
Huang Di
Liu Qing
Guo Yi
Zeng Xiantao
Abstract：Objective To investigate the correlation between mental health and personality characteristics of Chinese medical students by meta-analysis. Methods PubMed, China National Knowledge Internet, Wanfang, and China Biology Medicine databases were searched. After studies screening, selection and data extraction, meta-analysis was conducted using Comprehensive Meta Analysis software. Results Based on analysis of 16 eligible studies, there was a weak negative correlation between total mean score of SCL-90 and the dimension extraversion of EPQ (r=-0.26,95%CI:-0.33~-0.18), a moderate positive correlation for neuroticism of EPQ (r=0.47, 95%CI:0.27~0.64), and a weak positive correlation for pschoticism of EPQ (r=0.28,95%CI:0.21~0.34). Four factors of SCL-90were moderately correlated to neuroticism of EPQ: depression (r=0.47,95%CI:0.41~0.54), anxiety (r=0.46,95%CI:0.39~0.51), hostility (r=0.42,95%CI:0.35~0.48), and psychoticism (r=0.43, 95%CI:0.38~0.48), respectively. The rest factors of SCL-90 were really weakly correlated to extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism of EPQ. Conclusions There is a certain correlation between mental health and personality characteristics. Mental health education of Chinese medical students can be carried out with pertinence and emphasis based on their personality characteristics.
Keywords：ChinaMedical studentsMental healthPersonality characteristicsMeta-analysis
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：5( 1029-1033 )