Development of prediction scale for mental disorders in servicemen
- VernacularTitle:军人精神疾病预测量表的研制
- Author:
Dehua TU
;
Liyi ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
military personnel;
psychotic disorder;
forecasting;
reliability;
validity
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1982;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To develop a prediction scale for mental disorders in servicemen, and examine the reliability and validity of this scale. Methods The mental disorders prediction scale was developed by exploring the risk factors inducing the mental disorders. The initial scale included 11 subscales and 102 items. One thousand and four hundreds of soldiers were chosen by random cluster sampling, and tested with this scale, of whom 54 soldiers were tested with Chinese Military Mental Health Scale (CMMHS), 61 with Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) at the same time, and 53 were retested after 1 week. The reliability and validity of the scale were examined by Exploratory Factor Analysis and Correlation Analysis. Results According to the results of factor analysis, 11 factors were extracted, named unhealthy defense mechanism, psychosis, depression, personality disturbance, mania, social support deficiency, introversion, family and past history, stressor, neurosis, and growth experience, respectively, and there were 96 items in the formal scale when one lie factor was added. The test-retest correlation coefficients of total scale and subscales were 0.397-0.867 (P
