Effect of environment variable on the anxiety of military people at high altitude
- VernacularTitle:环境因素对高原驻防军人焦虑情绪的影响
- Author:
Li ZHANG
;
Bo LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Anxiety;
Soldiers;
High altitude
- From:Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2008;17(10):924-925
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the effect of environment variables on anxiety in the soldiers at high altitude.Methods A total of 267 soldiers at high altitude were investigated with the self-rating anxiety scale,the environmental scale and Eysenck personality questionnaire.Results Compared with norm(29.78±0.46),the soldiers at high altitude had higher sore of anxiety(37.22±6.64;t=17.92,P＜0.01).One-way ANOVA and independent.samples t test showed that the anxiety(38.37±5.93,36.65±6.951,36.75±6.88)of military people at high altitude had not evidently difference in different altitude(≥3587.5m,3587.5～2767.9m,≤2767.9m).Parental culture.length of military service(F=3.25,P＜0.05)and neuroticism(R=0.52,P＜0.01)had evidently effect on the depression of soldiers.Conclusion The occurrence of anxiety in the soldiers at high altitude has a higher level.Parental culture.1ength of military service and neuroticism had predictive value for depression.
