Objective   To survey the anxiety status and its correlation with personality traits of military driver.   Methods   Self-rating anxiety sale (SAS)

trait anxiety inventory (TAI) and Eysenck’s personality questionnaire-R short Scale (EPQ-RSC) were used to survey 441 military drivers

all male

at a mean age of 22.86±3.18 (ranging from 17 to 35) .   Results   The mean standard score of SAS and TAI were 43.30±9.35 and 43.12±7.95 respectively. Both of the mean standard score of SAS and TAI were significantly higher than the norm. The driver with a driving history of 5 to 6 years got the highest score of SAS and significantly higher than those with a history of 1 to 2 years

2 to 3 years

3 to 4 years

and over 10 years (P0.05). The SAS score of drivers within 1 year driving history ranked the second

with significantly higher than the scores of the the driver with a history of 2 to 3 years and those with 3 to 4 years (P0.05). What’s more

the drivers within 1 year driving had the lowest score of TAI

significantly lower than that of those with 1 to 2 years’ history (P0.05). Both the score of SAS and TAI were positively correlated with the scores of psychoticism and neuroticism.The score of TAI was negatively correlated with the score of extroversion-introversion.   Conclusion   The military drivers are suffered from state and trait anxiety at certain degrees. Their state and trait anxiety are both positively correlated with psychoticism and neuroticism. The correlation between trait anxiety and neuroticism is of most significance.