Psychological maladjustment of Asian and African peacekeepers in Liberia and its related factors.
This study aimed to investigate the maladjustment of Asian (Bangladeshi, Pakistani) and African (Nigerian, Namibian, Ghanaian) peacekeepers and its major influence factors. By random cluster sampling, 300 Asian peacekeepers and 271 African peacekeepers were administered the military psychological maladjustment scale (MPMS) and risk factors questionnaire. Investigation at Day 7 and Day 120 into the peacekeeping deployment period indicated that MPMS total score and factor scores of the Asian peacekeepers were significantly lower than those of the African peacekeepers (p < .01). The total score and each factor score of MPMS of the Asian peacekeepers significantly decreased (p < .01); for the African peacekeepers, only the factor score of emotional disorder of MPMS significantly decreased (p < .05). Stepwise regression analysis showed that the education duration was the influence factor for the emotional disorder factor score in the Asian peacekeepers, and the two factors were positively correlated. Age, military service duration, education duration and marital status were the major influence factors for the MPMS factors of the African peacekeepers, among which age was negatively correlated with the total score and each factor score, and military service duration, education duration and marital status were positively related. We conclude that the Asian peacekeepers are more adaptable and resilient than the African peacekeepers. Education duration was the major influence factor for Emotional Disorder in the Asian peacekeepers. The major influence factors for maladjustment in the African peacekeepers were age, military service duration, education duration and marital status.
a Department of Psychiatry and Psychology , Second Military Medical University , Shanghai , People's Republic of China.|b Department of Neurology , No.102 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army , Changzhou , Jiangsu , People's Republic of China.
Sheng-Dong
SD
Chen
c Department of Psychiatry and Psychology , PingAn Health Cloud Company Ltd. of China , Shanghai , People's Republic of China.
Xin-Yang
XY
Sun
a Department of Psychiatry and Psychology , Second Military Medical University , Shanghai , People's Republic of China.|d Prevention and Treatment Center for Psychological Diseases , No.102 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army , Changzhou 213003 , Jiangsu , People's Republic of China.
Li-Yi
LY
Zhang
d Prevention and Treatment Center for Psychological Diseases , No.102 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army , Changzhou 213003 , Jiangsu , People's Republic of China.
Ling-Ming
LM
Kong
e First Clinical Hospital , Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanjing , People's Republic of China.
Li-Ji
LJ
Chen
f Department of Internal Medicine , No.102 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army , Changzhou 213003 , Jiangsu , People's Republic of China.
Jian
J
Guo
g Administration Offices , Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command Area , Fuzhou , People's Republic of China.
Hai
H
Lin
d Prevention and Treatment Center for Psychological Diseases , No.102 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army , Changzhou 213003 , Jiangsu , People's Republic of China.
Chun-Xia
CX
Chen
d Prevention and Treatment Center for Psychological Diseases , No.102 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army , Changzhou 213003 , Jiangsu , People's Republic of China.
Gao-Feng
GF
Yao
African; Asian; maladjustment; peacekeeping