Group sandplay characteristic and mental health status of 518 military pilots
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2015.12.020
- VernacularTitle:518名军事飞行员团体沙盘特征及心理健康研究
- Author:
Jing WAN
;
Haixia BAI
;
Liu YANG
;
Bo XU
;
Lei YANG
;
Yuhuan PAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Group Sandplay;
Military pilots;
Sandplay themes;
Mental evaluation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2015;24(12):1130-1134
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyse characteristics of military pilot group sandplay work and reveal their psychological status.Methods Using the self-reporting 90-item Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) to test the validity of group sandplay work made by 87 groups of military pilots.Statistical analysis was used to analyse the characteristics of code data in group sandplay work.Results Positive and negative themes in group sandplay work showed negative and positive correlations(r=-0.59,0.59) with symptom factors of SCL-90,respectively.Positive and negative themes scores were 5.37±2.25 and 2.36± 1.85 ,respectively.The secondary theme scores in the positive theme were entirely higher than those in the negative theme.Scores of energy, connection, cooperation, integration, relaxation, and spirituality in the positive theme and threat,limitation, and aggression in the negative theme were relatively high.The overall evaluations of the work include power, integration, enrichment, and fluency.The theme names of the work include life, military, natural and abstract.Conclusion Group sandplay is an effective method in the study of military pilots' psychological health and military pilots are in good mental health.These pilots have strong intrinsic energy,teamwork and communication.However,some pilots have symptoms of anxiety,tension and insecure.
