Correlation between personality, social support and mental health among migrant people

ObjectiveTo analyze the mental status of migrant people and to discuss the relationship between personality traits,social support and mental health.MethodsTotally 1 097 migrants were randomly selected from two cities of Jiangyin and Zhangjiagang in south Jiangsu province and investigated with a questionnaire.ResultsThe incidence of psychological abnormality in the migrant people was 18.0%.The somatization score for migrant people was lower than that of ordinary people in the three provinces(P<0.01).The scores of obsessive-compulsive,interpersonal sensitivity,depression,anxiety, hostility,photic anxiety,paranoid ideation,and psychoticism of the migrants were higher than those of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.01).The somatization scores for typical extroversive group and typical introversive group were lower than those of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.05).The relationship sensitivity score for typical introversive group was higher than that of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.01).The score of nine elements for the typical high neuroticism and typical high psychoticism migrants were higher than those of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.01).The score of eight elements except fear for typical low neuroticisms was lower than that of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.05).The scores of somatization and paranoid ideation for low neuroticism migrants were lower than those of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.05).The score of objective support,subjective support,utilization of the support,and total score of social support for ordinary people were higher than abnormal people(P<0.01).The somatization score for high social support group was lower than that of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.01).The score of anxiety,photic anxiety,and psychoticism were all higher than those of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.05).Except for the somatization score,the scores of eight other elements for low social support group were all higher than those of the norm in the three provinces(P<0.01).ConclusionThe personality characteristics and social support of migrant people are significantly related to their mental health level.