Research on the psychological health state,life events and coping style of the non-native policemen in the Dongguan city

Abstract

Objective To learn the psychological health state,life events and coping styles of the non-native policemen.Methods Symptom checklist (SCL-90),Life event scale (LES) and Coping questionnaire (CQ) was tested to native policemen(n=238) and non-native policeman(n=136).Results Score of SCL-90 (159.68±50.46) ,depression(1.79±0.62) ,photic anxiety(1.54±0.63) ,addition items(1.82±0.59) factors in non-native policemen were higher than that in the native policemen,and there was significant deference(P＜0.05).The concerned analyses showed non-native policemen score of SCL-90 was significantly positively related to LES total score and sub-scale factor (P＜0.01,P＜0.05).The non-native policemen score of SCL-90 was significantly negatively related to settle problem factor of CQ (P ＜ 0.01),and other factors of CQ was significantly positively(P ＜0.O1).Conclusion The poor psychological health state and live emergency events of the non-native policemen should be pay more attention. Key words: The non-native policemen; Psychological health; Live event; Coping style