Objective: To summarize symptom check-list 90 (SCL-90) test of Zhuang
nationality by meta-analysis. Methods: Meta-analysis was used to analysis data from 19
papers that studied mental health of Zhuang nationality by SCL-90. Results: (1) Zhuang
population had higher scores of SCL-90 than JIN Hua and TONG Huijie’s norm, but
difference was not significant between Zhuang and TONG Qiuping’s norm ; (2) Scores of
Adults group of Zhuang nationality were lower than JIN Hua’ s adults norm, by contrast
were higher than TONG Qiuping and CHEN Shulin’s; (3) Scores of college students
of Zhuang nationality were lower than TONG Huijie’s undergraduate norm but on
difference with the others ; (4) Middle school students of Zhuang had higher scores
than most factors of WANG Jisheng’s norm and some factors of TANG Qiuping’s
norm, but had not difference with LIU Heng’s; (5) Zhuang male had lower scores of
Somatization, depression, anxiety and phobia than female’s; (6)There was decreasing
trend for factor’s scores of SCL-90 form middle school students, college students
to adults of Zhuang. Conclusion: Different results were found between Zhuangnationality and other reference group, which suggested that it was necessary and worth
developing Zhuang’s reference norm of SCL-90.