Furnham Adrian, Igboaka Anuli
Department of Psychology, University College London, UK.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2007 Sep;53(5):430-46. doi: 10.1177/0020764007078348.
This cross-cultural study set out to compare the beliefs about the manifestations, causes and treatment of schizophrenia in a similar sample of 95 Nigerian and 76 British (western control) young people in their respective countries.
Participants completed a three-part questionnaire that was based on Furnham & Chan with additional questions.
Results revealed differences between the two groups regarding the 'normality' of behaviours associated with schizophrenia. Other than hallucinations, all the behaviours described were considered to be manifestations of schizophrenia more so by the Nigerians than the British. The Nigerians were found not only to agree with supernatural explanations for causes of schizophrenia, as was predicted, but also favoured biological (genetics, neurochemical changes, and brain damage) and sociological explanations more so than the British. Both cultural groups favoured orthodox psychiatric practices and supportive environments as treatments for schizophrenia. However, unlike the British, the Nigerians also recognized religious and traditional practices as possible treatment options for schizophrenia.
As predicted, young Nigerians, compared with young British participants, tended to believe more in supernatural and sociological causes of schizophrenia.
这项跨文化研究旨在比较95名尼日利亚年轻人和76名英国（西方对照组）年轻人在各自国家对精神分裂症的表现、病因及治疗的看法，这两组样本情况相似。
参与者完成了一份基于弗恩汉姆和陈的问卷，问卷共三部分，并增设了其他问题。
结果显示，两组在与精神分裂症相关行为的“正常性”方面存在差异。除幻觉外，尼日利亚人比英国人更倾向于认为所描述的所有行为都是精神分裂症的表现。研究发现，尼日利亚人不仅如预期那样认同精神分裂症病因的超自然解释，而且比英国人更倾向于生物学（遗传学、神经化学变化和脑损伤）和社会学解释。两个文化群体都倾向于采用正统的精神病学方法和支持性环境来治疗精神分裂症。然而，与英国人不同的是，尼日利亚人也认可宗教和传统方法作为精神分裂症的可能治疗选择。
正如预期的那样，与英国年轻参与者相比，尼日利亚年轻人更倾向于相信精神分裂症的超自然和社会学病因。
