Table 1.

Symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90) questionnaire scores in male subjects aged 18.8 ± 1.7 years from a military base in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, China, prior to and following a 3-month basic training programme.

	Data set
SCL-90 factor	Before military training n = 60	After military training n = 60	Statistical significance
Somatization	1.27 ± 0.32	1.64 ± 0.63	P < 0.001
Obsessive–compulsive behaviour	1.54 ± 0.46	1.66 ± 0.51	NS
Interpersonal sensitivity	1.46 ± 0.46	1.57 ± 0.48	NS
Depression	1.35 ± 0.40	1.64 ± 0.65	P = 0.006
Anxiety	1.65 ± 0.47	1.74 ± 0.49	NS
Hostility	1.29 ± 0.46	1.42 ± 0.44	NS
Phobic anxiety	1.15 ± 0.29	1.21 ± 0.32	NS
Paranoid ideation	1.29 ± 0.55	1.58 ± 0.61	P = 0.008
Psychosis	1.51 ± 0.40	1.66 ± 0.50	NS

Data presented as mean ± SD.

NS, no statistically significant between-group difference (P > 0.05; Student’s paired t-test).