The research about pressure source and pressure level influence the type D personality of medical postgraduate students' psychological health

Abstract

Objective To explore the relationship between type D personality of medical postgraduate students' psychological health with pressure source and pressure level.Methodes Using 14 items version test of type D personality (Type D Scale-14,DS14) and Beck-Srivastava stress scale (BSSI) to test 420 personalistic personalityistics,pressure source and pressure level of medical postgraduate students in combination with the self-assessment lists of symptom (SCL-90) to evaluate psychological health of them.Results The detection rate of type D personality of medical postgraduate students was 21.2％.The average score in BSSI of type D personality of medical postgraduate students was (97.43± 12.36) which was higher than the BSSI score of non-type D personality of medical postgraduate students whose score was (91.15± 11.43),the difference had statistically significant (P＜0.05).The type D personality of medical postgraduate students' score in SCL-90 scale of 9 factor was all higher than that of non-type D personality of medical postgraduate students,but the statistically significant's difference was only in the score of interpersonal relationship,depression,anxiety and psychosis-like symptoms (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The pressure of type D personality of medical postgraduate students was obviously higher than that of non-type D personality of medical postgraduate students,and caused great psychological pressure.The school should be carried out psychological intervention and guidance measures,so as to reduce the pressure caused by a variety of psychological problems. Key words: Pressure source; Pressure level; Type D personality; Medical postgraduate students ; Research