Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of stress to the mental health of medical college graduates with type D personality. Methods Using Type D Personality Scale-14 (DS14) to examine the type personality of medical college graduates, combined with the Beck-Pressure Scale (BSSI) and Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90) to combine the effects of stress on the mental health of graduates of different personality types. Results (1) The detection rate of type D personality was 35.7%. (2)In terms of mental health, the 9 factor score of SCL-90 of medical college graduates with type D personality were all higher than these of medical college graduates with non-type D personality [2.08(1.44,2.67)vs 1.75(1.25,2.25),2.30(1.70,2.90)vs 1.90(1.40,2.50),2.11(1.56,2.78)vs 1.89(1.33,2.44),2.00(1.48,2.85)vs 1.77(1.27,2.42),2.10(1.53,2.80)vs 1.70(1.30,2.20),2.17(1.50,2.67)vs 1.67(1.17,2.33),2.07(1.43,2.71)vs 1.71(1.14,2.28),2.00(1.67,2.67)vs 1.67(1.17,2.33),2.20(1.60,2.68)vs 1.70(1.20,2.35),all P<0.05]. Conclusions Medical college graduates were generally under great pressure, although the pressure between medical college graduates with type D personality and non-type D personality had no significant difference, the pressure had a greater impact to the mental health of medical college graduates with type D personality.

Key words: Pressure, Medical colleges, Type D personality, Medical college graduates, Mental health