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This study aimed to explore the influences of the digital divide on the mental quality of life among rural older people in China, and investigate the mediating role of information acquisition ability. The results revealed significant negative influences of the digital divide on the mental quality of life for older people in rural areas, with variations depending on age and educational level. The study identified information acquisition ability as a crucial mediating factor in this relationship. It contributed to the existing literature by unveiling the mechanisms through which the digital divide could affect rural older people's mental quality of life, emphasizing the pivotal role of information acquisition ability, particularly the quality of content. Furthermore, the study provided practical implications for mitigating the digital divide and enhancing the mental quality of life for older people in rural areas of China.

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PURPOSE: This study examines the independent and interactive effects of age and multiple sclerosis (MS) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The sample included persons with MS (n = 207) and healthy controls (HCs; n = 99) divided into three age groups (young, middle-aged, and older adults) who completed a battery of questionnaires, including the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) as a measure of HRQOL. The SF-36 yielded scores for the Physical Component Summary (PCS) (i.e. physical HRQOL) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) (i.e. mental HRQOL). The data were analyzed using two-way MANOVA. RESULTS: There was no interaction between age and disease status on HRQOL, but there were significant main effects of age and disease status on HRQOL. HRQOL was significantly lower in participants with MS than HCs, regardless of age. Physical HRQOL was lower, whereas mental HRQOL was higher across age groups. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that future research should develop behavioral and rehabilitation approaches that are applicable for improving HRQOL across the lifespan in persons with MS, particularly for physical HRQOL in older adults with MS.

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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to examine the associations between physical fitness components and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adults stratified by sex and age. In addition, we aimed to examine whether these associations change based on socioeconomic, clinical, and biochemical characteristics. METHODS: A total of 297 participants aged 47.41 (standard deviation: 9.08) years from the "Validity of a Model of Accelerated Vascular Aging as a Cardiovascular Risk Index in Healthy Adults: the EVasCu cross-sectional study" were included in this analysis. HRQoL, physical fitness, socioeconomic status (SES), waist circumference, and blood pressure were measured. Additionally, blood samples were extracted to determine cholesterol, triglyceride, and glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels. Analyses of covariance (ANCOVAs) were estimated to test mean differences in physical and mental health-related health measures (HRQoL) between fitness categories (fixed factors) by sex and age categories. RESULTS: The physical HRQoL was related to the levels of fitness parameters among women, independent of age, while for men, it was related to better levels of general fitness and cardiorespiratory fitness among men aged < 50 and men aged ≥ 50, respectively. In contrast, mental HRQoL was related to cardiorespiratory fitness only among women aged < 50 years; speed/agility and flexibility among men aged < 50 years; and general fitness, strength, and flexibility among men aged ≥ 50 years. These data did not change when SES, clinical variables, or biochemical determinations were included in the analyses, neither for the physical nor for the mental HRQoL. CONCLUSION: Gender and age are important factors to be considered when analysing health indicators and influences in the population. In addition, SES, clinical characteristics, and biochemical parameters do not seem to influence the relationship between HRQoL and fitness.

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The present study investigated the actor-partner effects of parenting stress (PS) on quality of life (QoL) among parents (96 couples) of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data were collected using the QoL Scale and the PS Index. Structural equation modeling was also utilized to test the hypothesis. The results revealed the effects of PS in each parent on mental QoL of that parent. Maternal PS further shaped physical QoL in mothers. However, PS in one parent did not influence QoL of his or her partner. Accordingly, mental QoL had a mediating role between PS and physical QoL. It was ultimately suggested to take account of QoL among parents in addition to the treatment of children with ASD.

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Trastorno del Espectro Autista , Calidad de Vida , Niño , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Responsabilidad Parental , Padres , Estrés Psicológico

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BACKGROUND: Current literature lacks evidence concerning how problematic social media use associates with mental health. To address the gap, the present study used mediation models to examine whether generalized trust and perceived social support (PSS) are potential mediators in the relationship between problematic social media use and mental health. METHODS: The sample comprised Iranian adults (n = 1073; 614 females). The participants completed a number of scales to assess problematic social media use (Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale), generalized trust (Generalized Trust Scale), PSS (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, happiness (Oxford Happiness Questionnaire Short Form), depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), and mental quality of life (Short Form-12). RESULTS: Problematic social media use had negative effects on happiness and mental quality of life via the mediators of generalized trust (bootstrapping SE = 0.017; effect = -0.041; 95% CI = -0.079, -0.012) and PSS (bootstrapping SE = 0.023; effect = -0.163; 95% CI = -0.211, -0.119). Problematic social media use had positive effects on anxiety and depression via the mediators of generalized trust (bootstrapping SE = 0.022; effect = 0.064; 95% CI = 0.026, 0.113) and PSS (bootstrapping SE = 0.024; effect = 0.052; 95% CI = 0.009, 0.102). CONCLUSIONS: Problematic social media use, generalized trust and PSS are important factors for an individual's mental health. Health-care providers may want to assist individuals regardless of having mental health problems in reducing their problematic social media use and improving their generalized trust and social support.

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Salud Mental , Medios de Comunicación Sociales , Adulto , Ansiedad , Estudios Transversales , Depresión , Femenino , Humanos , Irán , Calidad de Vida , Apoyo Social , Confianza

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AIM: Assessing the impact of interventions on the patient experience requires measures that are plausibly responsive to change. In a community cohort of people with and without chronic kidney disease (CKD) markers at baseline, we aimed to evaluate change in commonly used measures of quality of life (QOL) over the passage of 5 years. METHODS: Included were 6400 participants in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) surveys with baseline and 5-year CKD and QOL measures. Changes in SF-6D utility, and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form (SF-36) physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component summary scores, were evaluated with regression analyses according to the baseline presence of reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (CKD-Epidemiology Collaboration eGFR ≤60 m/min per 1.73 m2 ) or albuminuria (urine albumin:creatinine ratio ≥3.4 mg/mmol). RESULTS: At baseline, eGFR was reduced in 2.4% of participants and 5.1% had albuminuria. Participants with reduced eGFR had a lower SF-6D and PCS, and those with albuminuria a lower PCS, compared with those without, but the differences were explained by known confounders. MCS scores were not affected by the presence of reduced eGFR or albuminuria. Over 5 years all groups exhibited stable SF-6D and MCS scores but declining unadjusted PCS scores. PCS decline was greater for those with reduced eGFR, and remained significant after adjustment (-2.7 (-4.1 to -1.3) vs. -0.8 (-1.1 to -0.6, P < 0.01). Analyses according to CKD stages were essentially unchanged. CONCLUSION: Utility and mental QOL appears stable over 5 years, unaffected by time or markers of CKD health. Physical QOL appeared to deteriorate with time, especially for those with CKD, making it a more likely candidate assessment measure for intervention and health service evaluations.

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Albuminuria/diagnóstico , Tasa de Filtración Glomerular , Riñón/fisiopatología , Salud Mental , Calidad de Vida , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/diagnóstico , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Anciano , Albuminuria/fisiopatología , Albuminuria/psicología , Albuminuria/terapia , Australia , Biomarcadores/orina , Creatinina/orina , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Femenino , Estado de Salud , Humanos , Estudios Longitudinales , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Pronóstico , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/fisiopatología , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/psicología , Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/terapia , Reproducibilidad de los Resultados , Factores de Tiempo

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This study explored the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life, depression, and anxiety in Asian patients in Singapore. Out of the 194 patients who were recruited into the study, 139 patients (71.6%) completed both the pre- and post-cardiac rehabilitation questionnaires. Their ages ranged from 28 to 80 (M = 56.66, SD = 8.88), and 103 patients (74.1%) were males and 21 patients (15.1%) were females. As hypothesized, there was a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-cardiac rehabilitation scores on the combined dependent variables, F (4, 135) = 34.84, p < 0.001; Wilks' Lambda = 0.49; partial eta squared = 0.51. An inspection of the mean scores indicated that patients reported higher levels of physical and mental quality of life and lower levels of depression post-cardiac rehabilitation. The findings were discussed in regards to implications in cardiac rehabilitation in Singapore.

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Ansiedad/terapia , Rehabilitación Cardiaca/psicología , Depresión/terapia , Infarto del Miocardio/rehabilitación , Calidad de Vida/psicología , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Ansiedad/etiología , Pueblo Asiatico/psicología , Depresión/etiología , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Infarto del Miocardio/etnología , Infarto del Miocardio/psicología , Singapur , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Resultado del Tratamiento

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BACKGROUND: The amputation of a foot or a leg is one of the complications caused by diabetes that creates fear. After the amputation, the patient becomes dependent on a caregiver, who is often not prepared for this new phase of life. Knowing the factors that influence care delivery in caregivers of amputee type 2 diabetes patients is important from an heuristic point of view, since very few studies have focused on this population. OBJECTIVES: This study analysed the predictors and moderators of quality of life, in caregivers of amputee patients due to type 2 diabetes. METHODS: This study has a cross-sectional design. All ethical standards were followed in the conduct of this study. The sample comprised 101 caregivers who answered the following instruments: Carer's Assessment of Managing Index, Burden Assessment Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Revised Impact of Events Scale, Family Assessment Device, Family Disruption from Illness Scale and the Short Form Health Survey-36. RESULTS: The practice of physical activity, lower burden, better family functioning and less traumatic symptoms were predictors of better mental quality of life. Having no chronic disease and less physical symptoms predicted better physical quality of life. Duration of care moderated the relationship between traumatic symptoms and mental quality of life, but not with physical quality of life. Receiving help in caregiving moderated the relationship between traumatic symptoms and mental quality of life. The limitations of this study include the exclusive use of self-report instruments and the fact that the caregivers who have participated in this study were those who accompanied the patient to the hospital. CONCLUSION: In order to promote physical quality of life, future intervention programmes should consider the presence of chronic disease in the caregiver and the duration of care, as well as the caregivers' physical symptoms.

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Adaptación Psicológica , Amputación Quirúrgica/psicología , Cuidadores/psicología , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicaciones , Calidad de Vida/psicología , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Autoinforme , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Adulto Joven

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Objective@#To simplify the Mental Quality Inventory for Nurses (MQIN), and evaluate its reliability and validity.@*Methods@#The second sampling to include the 1 067 nurses from 5 third-class hospitals were investigated to screen items using dispersion tendency, independent-samples t test, coefficient correlation, factor analysis, Cronbach α coefficient and expert consultation. The reliability was evaluated by Cronbach α coefficient, the correlation coefficient of each dimension with scale to evaluate its content validity, the exploratory factor analysis to evaluate its structural validity.@*Results@#The simplified scale (MQIN-72) includes 72 items belonging to 5 dimensions, and accounted for 55.378% of the accumulated variances. The Cronbach′ s α coefficient was 0.856, the content validity index was between 0.599 and 0.903,@*Conclusions@#The simplified MQIN scale with excellent reliability and validity, this scale can be used as one of simple screening indexes for nurse′ s selection, cultivation and engagement.

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Objective To explore the application of fuzzy mathematics theory in the evaluation of medical students' comprehensive mental quality. Methods A total of 80 medical undergraduates studying in the Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from October to December 2017 were randomly selected to conduct a questionnaire survey on medical students' mental quality. The questionnaires were designed by the study group, containing 3 first-level items (learning pressure, life stress and interpersonal stress), and 19 secondary items, with the recovery rate as 95%. Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method was used for data processing and analysis. Results By comparing the data obtained from the comprehensive evaluation of the secondary factors with those of the pre-set evaluation set, the study concluded that 25.00% of the medical students need to adjust the future pressure, 41.70% the family health status pressure and 26.79% the appearance pressure according to the principle of maximum mem-bership degree. The comprehensive evaluation of the first four factors (0.249 7, 0.268 9, 0.270 2, and 0.211 2) showed that the comprehensive mental quality of medical students was "good". The quantitative analysis results showed that 27.02% of the medical students had good comprehensive mental quality, 24.97% need the mental quality adjustments, 26.89% had the average mental quality, and 21.12% had outstanding mental quality. Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation indicated that it is necessary to adjust the learning pressure and life stress of medical students, while the interpersonal stress had little effect on the mental quality of medical students. Conclusion The fuzzy comprehensive evaluation adopts the quantitative method to deal with the qualitative indicators uniformly, being scientific and reasonable. The corresponding data of each indicator can be easily identified with the help of the indicator system built up in the evaluation, which provides evidence for distinguishing and improving the corresponding decision-making for improving the medical students' mental quality. This evaluation method has strong applicability and provides new methods and ideas for objectively evaluating the comprehensive mental quality of medical students.

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PURPOSE: Early intervention to counter mental disorders during the course of studies in dentistry is indicated in view of the pronounced prevalence of burnout in this student collective. To assess the proportion of students in whom these risk states can be quantified in measurable parameters for concrete mental disorders, we conducted surveys among students of dental medicine during the first 2.5 years of their studies. METHODS: We surveyed a total of 163 students of dental medicine in their first 5 semesters of study. Standardized, validated psychological questionnaires on depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory; BDI-II) and mental and physical quality of life (Short Form Survey; SF-12) were used in the survey, with per-semester participant quotas of around 90%. RESULTS: Regarding depression, the students were within the range of the normal populace at the beginning of the 1st semester. Symptoms of depression then became more pronounced with every succeeding semester. In the fifth semester, the average levels determined were equivalent to a depression with a clinical treatment indication. Hardly any change was registered for physical wellbeing in the quality of life questionnaire. The mental sum scores, however, reflected dramatic downturns in quality of life. Highly significant correlations between the parameters described here - depressivity and mental quality of life - were observed in all semesters. CONCLUSION: The participating students begin their course of studies at the level of the average populace for the symptoms surveyed, then develop, on average, a clinically manifest depression after 2.5 years. The personal experience of a deterioration of mental quality of life appears to be crucial in the phenomena observed.

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Depresión/epidemiología , Depresión/psicología , Educación en Odontología/estadística & datos numéricos , Calidad de Vida/psicología , Estudiantes de Odontología/psicología , Estudiantes de Odontología/estadística & datos numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Agotamiento Profesional/epidemiología , Agotamiento Profesional/psicología , Femenino , Alemania/epidemiología , Humanos , Masculino , Prevalencia , Factores de Riesgo , Adulto Joven

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Complex paediatric neurology (CPN) patients generally present with non-specific symptoms, such as developmental delay, impaired movement and epilepsy. The diagnostic trajectory in these disorders is usually complicated and long-lasting, and may be burdensome to the patients and their parents. Additionally, as caring for a chronically ill child can be stressful and demanding, parents of these patients may experience impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aims to assess parental HRQoL and factors related to it in CPN. Physical and mental HRQoL of 120 parents was measured and compared to the general population using the SF-12 questionnaire. Parents also completed this questionnaire for the measurement of patient HRQoL. Additional questionnaires were used to measure parental uncertainty (Visual Analogue Scale) and worry phenomena (Penn State Worry Questionnaire), and to obtain socio-demographic data. A linear mixed model with random effect was used to investigate which of these variables were associated with parental HRQoL. As compared to the general population, HRQoL of these parents appeared diminished. Fathers showed both lowered physical (51.76, p < 0.05) and mental (49.41, p < 0.01) HRQoL, whereas mothers only showed diminished mental (46.46, p < 0.01) HRQoL. Patient HRQoL and parental worry phenomena were significantly correlated with overall and mental parental HRQoL. The reduction in parental mental HRQoL is alarming, also because children strongly rely on their parents and parental mental health is known to influence children's health. Awareness of these problems among clinicians, and supportive care if needed are important to prevent exacerbation of the problems.

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Cuidadores/psicología , Discapacidades del Desarrollo/psicología , Padres/psicología , Calidad de Vida/psicología , Adulto , Niño , Enfermedad Crónica/psicología , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Encuestas y Cuestionarios

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OBJECTIVES: This study measures the association between hospital staff's job strain (JS), mental quality of life (MQL) and how they are influenced by the organization models within emergency and critical care units. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study describes workers employed in emergency departments and intensive care units of a French public hospital. A selfadministered questionnaire was used to survey the demographic and organizational characteristics of their work, as well as work-related mental stress, psychosocial and organizational constraints, and their MQL. RESULTS: Among 145 workers participating in the study, 59.3% of them report job strain and 54.5% of them have low MQL scores. The majority of staff with job strain has reported working more than 2 weekends per month, were regularly on-call, worked in dysfunctional environments and did not participate in regular meetings. The staff with low MQL worked more frequently in dysfunctional environments, had significant complaints regarding employer's efforts to promote communications or provide adequate staffing levels than the workers with a high MQL score. CONCLUSIONS: If stress reduction and improved MQL in emergency and intensive care units is to be achieved, hospital management needs to design work schedules that provide a better balance between working and non-working hours. Additionally, ergonomic design, functional environments and improved communications needs to be implemented.

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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital/organización & administración , Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/organización & administración , Enfermedades Profesionales/etiología , Personal de Hospital/psicología , Estrés Psicológico/etiología , Adulto , Comunicación , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Admisión y Programación de Personal , Calidad de Vida , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Lugar de Trabajo/psicología

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BACKGROUND: Accurately detecting markers of early functional decline (FD) are essential to support older people to successfully age in place; however, these markers are poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that compromised mental quality of life after a minor health crisis could be an early predictor of FD. METHODS: This longitudinal observational cohort study was conducted in the emergency department (ED) of a large Australian hospital and in the community. Data were collected from 148 community-dwelling people aged 65+ years, who provided data at recruitment (baseline), and at 1 month and 3 months post discharge from the ED. Short Form-12 mental quality of life component scores (MCS) were regressed with patient descriptors taken at baseline (age, sex, socioeconomic status, education, Mini-Mental State Examination, and primary language), and over-time estimates of FD taken at baseline, and at 1 and 3 months post discharge (instrumental activities of daily living, frequency of falls and hospitalizations, use of gait aids, receipt of community services, living status, and requiring a carer). RESULTS: MCS at 1 month (MCS1) post ED discharge was significantly associated with instrumental activities of daily living at 1 (r=0.45, P<0.001) and 3 months (r=0.401, P=0.001) post ED discharge, but not at baseline (r=0.010, P>0.05). Subjects with lower than the population median MCS showed a significant linear decline in total instrumental activities of daily living scores over 3 months (P=0.025). There was no linear trend over time in the relationship between MCS1 with frequency of falls (P=0.20) or hospitalizations (P=0.42); however, there was a significant difference at 3 months post ED discharge for falls (P=0.036) and hospitalizations (P=0.039) between low and high MCS1 groups. There were no significant confounders. CONCLUSION: Low MCS scores 1 month after a minor health crisis appear to significantly predict downstream FD. This finding needs to be tested in a larger sample.

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Evaluación Geriátrica/métodos , Estado de Salud , Salud Mental , Calidad de Vida , Accidentes por Caídas/estadística & datos numéricos , Actividades Cotidianas , Factores de Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Australia , Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital , Femenino , Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Estudios Longitudinales , Masculino , Pronóstico , Técnicas Psicológicas , Factores Sexuales , Factores Socioeconómicos

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Objective To explore the mental quality developmental characteristics of cadets majored in military science and technology.Methods Mental Quality Questionnaire for army men (MQQA) and Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90) were employed to evaluate 1771 cadets majored in science and technology,comparing mental quality differences related to gender,age,length of military service,grade and education level,etc.Results ① MQQA scores of cadets for aptitude (68.67±9.45),loyalty(75.98±8.97),bravery (68.46±9.12),self-confidence (65.72±6.61),willpower(67.7±8.33) and total score(345.90±37.79) were significantly higher than those of the army norm and the young army norm(P＜0.01).②There was significant age difference (P＜0.01) in MQQA scores.And the total score gradually increased with age.③There was significant length of military service difference (P＜ 0.01),and the total score decreased at the beginning 3 years and then increased later.④There was significant grade difference (P＜0.01) in MQQA scores.The scores of Grade One were significantly lower than those of Grade Two and Grade Four,but higher than those of Grade Three(P＜0.01) ; the scores of Grade Three were significantly lower than those of Grade Two and Grade Four(P＜0.01).⑤ There was significant education level difference (P＜ 0.01),and the scores of junior college students were significantly higher than those of undergraduates,graduate students and training students (P＜0.01) ; loyalty score of undergraduates was significantly higher than that of graduate students (P＜0.05) ; willpower score of graduate students was significantly lower than that of undergraduates and post-work training students (P＜0.05).Conclusion Cadets majored in science and technology have good mental quality,which is significantly influenced by age,length of military service,grade and level of education.

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Objective To explore the mental health and its relationship with mental quality of training logistic soldiers in field.Methods Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90) and Mental Quality Questionnaire for armymen (MQQA) were employed to evaluate the mental health and mental quality of 230 training logistic soldiers in field,and then an analysis was carried out on the characteristics of the training logistic soldiers on mental health and its relationship with mental quality.Results ①The psychological problem's ratio of training soldiers was 21.3％,and the ratio of the male(22.8％) was significantly higher than that of the female(15.2％) (x2 =8.64,P=0.00).In SCL-90,the scores of somatization (1.46 ± 0.63),hostility (1.49 ± 0.75) and psychotism (1.43 ±0.68) were all higher in training soldiers than the army norm.The factor scores of somatization (1.49 ± 0.66)and psychotism(1.46 ± 0.72) in the male training soldiers were considerably higher than those of the male soldiers norm (P ＜ 0.05),but not in the female(P ＞ 0.05).②There existed a significantly negative correlation between the factor scores of the mental quality and that of SCL-90 (P ＜ 0.05,P ＜ 0.01).③The SCL-90 scores existed clear differences in obsessive-compulsive,interpersonal sensitivity,depression,hostility and paranoid ideation among different mental quality groups (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The mental health of training logistic soldiers is poor.The mental health is closely related to the mental quality.Therefore,the mental health education and mental quality training should be strengthened to the training logistic soldiers.

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Objective To explore the effects of group psychological training on mental health of military students and field soldiers.Methods A total of 60 students and 48 soldiers received group psychological quality training and studied a textbook Mental Quality Training for armymen for 3 months.Mental Quality Questionnaire for Amymen (MQQA),Symptom CheckList 90 (SCL-90),Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS),Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) were employed to evaluate mental health and psychological quality of subject before and after the training.All the data were analyzed by independent-samples t test.Results (1) The difference in MQQA score of field soldiers before and after training was significantly larger than that of military students in loyalty and general score,and lower in willpower((-16.58 ± 7.75) vs.(-1.75 ± 8.68),(-27.74 ± 28.74) vs.(-12.57 ± 30.96),P ＜ 0.05).(2) The SCL-90 difference of field soldiers between before and after training was significantly larger than that of military students in hostility and phobic anxiety((0.26 ±0.47) vs.(0.07 ± 0.24),(0.13 ± 0.40) vs.(0.02 ± 0.13),P ＜ 0.05).(3) The difference in emotion score of field soldiers between before and after training was significantly larger than that of military students in SAS,SDS,SAI,TAI and STAI (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion The effects of group psychological quality training on field soldier group are better than that of military students,which is helpful to improve mental quality and mental health,as well as to relax anxiety and depression of soldiers.

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Objective To investigate the characteristics of autonomic nervous responses to down-regulating emotion strategy in servicemen with different mental qualities and exposed to fear emotion. Methods Mental Quality Questionnaire of Armymen was employed to select participants from 841 servicemen from Chongqing, among whom 90 participants were randomly selected, including 30 with high mental quality, 30 with moderate mental quality and 30 with low mental quality. Fear emotion was elicited among them by watching 2 video clips, and an 8-channel bio-feedback instrument was used to record their autonomic nervous responses and the average recovery time by down-regulating emotion strategy. Results (1) When the cognitive-avoidance was employed, the blood volume pulse (BVP) in the low mental quality group ([5. 47 ± 6. 33] mmHg, 1 mmHg = 0. 133 kPa) was significantly higher than those in the moderate and high mental quality groups ([1. 26 ± 2. 54; 0. 94 ± 3. 10] mmHg), but the standard deviation of all normal intervals(SDNN) in the low mental quality group ([3. 31 ± 17. 69] ms) was significantly lower than that in the high mental quality group ([52. 23 ± 47. 30] ms). (2)In the servicemen with high mental quality the recovery time of BVP (26. 00 ± 43. 84) s] was significantly higher by simply watching than those by expression-suppression ([23. 50 ± 34. 96] s) and the cognitive-avoidance ([22. 00 ± 36. 15]s). Meanwhile, the recovery time of skin conductance (SC) in high mental quality group ([106. 50 ± 20. 28]s) was significantly higher than that in the low mental quality group([103. 00± 37. 73] s). (3) When the cognitive-avoidance strategy was used, the recovery time of SC was significantly longer in the high mental quality group ([68. 50 ± 49. 39] s) than that in moderate ([106. 50 ± 24. 95]s) and low mental quality groups ([118. 00 ± 4. 22] s). (4) There was no significant difference in autonomic nervous responses between the different mental quality groups when down-regulating modulation was used to reduce the fear emotion. Conclusion Cognitive-avoidance strategy is more beneficial for the servicemen with high mental quality receiving down-regulating modulation of the fear emotion. The ability to regulate the sympathetic nerve and parasympathetic nerve is stronger in servicemen with high mental quality level than those with moderate and low mental qualities.

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ObjectiveTo study the effect of adaptive group psychological training on mental quality and emotion of soldiers.MethodsA total of 48 soldiers ( experiment group) received group psychological training and read a textbook,Mental Quality Training for soldiers,for 3 months,and the other 45 soldiers served as control group.Armyman mental quality inventory (AMQI),self-rating depression scale (SDS) and state-trait anxiety inventory(STAI) were employed to evaluate the mental quality and emotion of soldiers before and after training.All data were analyzed by paired-sample t test.Results ①As compared with pre-training,the AMQI scores of training group increased significantly in bravery ( 71.50 ± 9.59 ),self-confidence ( 68.24 ± 8.36 ),aptitude ( 74.54 ± 10.81 ),loyalty(75.29 ± 8.08 ) and general score ( 359.07 ± 20.30 ) (P ＜ 0.05,P ＜ 0.01 ) ; and no significant difference were found in those of control group(P ＞ 0.05 ).②When compared with pre-training,the scores of SDS (39.00 ±8.38),SAI(40.14 ±9.92),TAI(41.16 ±7.47) and STAI(81.30 ± 12.52) of training group decreased significantly (P ＜ 0.05,P＜ 0.01 ) ; and no significant difference was found in those of control group(P ＞0.05 ).ConclusionGroup psychological training can improve mental quality of soldiers,which is helpful to relax anxiety and depression of soldiers.

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Objective To study the effect of adaptive group psychological training on mental quality and mental health of students in military university.Methods A total of 118 students were divided into two groups randomly:training group(n =60) and control group(n =58).Training group received group psychological training and read the textbook mental quality training for soldiers for 3 months.Armyman mental quality (AMQ) and Symptom checklist-90(SCL-90) were employed to evaluate the mental quality and mental health of students before and after training.All data were analyzed by paired-sample T test and test level was 0.05.Results ①AMQ scores of factors of aptitude,loyalty,bravery,self-confidence and willpower were increased significantly in training group post-training than pre-training (P ＜ 0.05) and there was no significant difference in those factors in control group after training (P ＞ 0.05).②SCL-90 scores of factors of obsessive-compulsive,interpersonal sensitivity,hostility and psychotism as well as the mean score were decreased significantly in training group post-training than pre-training (P ＜0.05) and only the score of psychotism factor was decreased in control group post-training (P ＜ 0.05).③Scores of trait anxiety inventory (TAI) were decreased significantly in training group post-training than pre-training (P ＜ 0.05) and there was no significant difference in those of control group post-training (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Group psychological training can improve mental quality and mental health of students in military university.