Objective      To determine the mental health status of students from Pu’er Medical School and its relationship with personality

coping style and trait anxiety.       Methods      Symptom checklist (SCL-90)

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)

Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) and Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI) were employed to assess 3 553 subjected students. The obtained results were analyzed with students’ t test

variance

correlation and regression analysis.       Results      ① There were 57.15% students having positive symptoms to SCL-90

with their each mean SCL-90 factor score were significantly higher than the National norm (P0.01). ②Each SCL-90 factor score and the total average scores were significantly higher in the female than the male students (P0.01). Beside of the scores of hostility

paranoia and psychosis

the other scores of SCL-90 factors and total average scores showed significant difference among the different-graded groups (P0.05

P0.01 ). Except for the scores of somatization

obsessive-compulsive

anxiety

phobic anxiety

the other SCL-90 factor scores and the total average scores had significant differences among the different-majored groups (P0.05

P0.01). ③Each SCL-90 factor score and the total average scores of the students were positively correlated with the scores of negative coping

neuroticism

psychoticism and trait anxiety (P0.01)

while were negatively correlated with extraversion score (P0.01). SCL-90 total average scores

and scores of interpersonal sensitivity

depression and hostility factor were negatively correlated with the score of positively coping (P0.05). ④The regression analysis found that in the obtained regression equation

the standard regression coefficients were 0.493

0.136

0.124

-0.094 and 0.032 respectively for neuroticism

negative coping

psychoticism

extraversion and trait anxiety

which explained 40.4% of the variance of mental health.       Conclusion      The mental health status of this group of students is relatively low

showing significant differences in gender

grade and major. Personality

coping style and trait anxiety are important factors influencing the students’ mental health.