马来西亚哥打基纳巴卢关于精神分裂症及其治疗的观念
Beliefs about schizophrenia and its treatment in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
作者信息
Swami Viren, Furnham Adrian, Kannan Kumaraswami, Sinniah Dhachayani
机构信息
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK.
出版信息
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;54(2):164-79. doi: 10.1177/0020764007084665.
BACKGROUND
Lay beliefs about schizophrenia have been extensively studied in cross-cultural settings, but research on ethnic differences are currently lacking.
AIMS
This study examined beliefs about the manifestations, causes and cures of schizophrenia in a multi-ethnic sample from Malaysia.
METHODS
In this study, 561 Malay, Chinese and Kadazan-Dusun participants rated 72 statements about schizophrenia on a 7-point scale.
RESULTS
Results showed that Malaysians tended to favour social-environmental explanations for schizophrenia. There were also ethnic and sex differences in these results. Specifically, Malay participants more strongly agreed that schizophrenia has a social cause, that treatment should affect changes at a societal level, that schizophrenic behaviour is sinful and that mental hospitals do not provide effective treatments.
CONCLUSIONS
Lay beliefs about schizophrenia may serve different functions for different ethno-cultural groups, which have an influence on help-seeking behaviour.
背景
关于精神分裂症的外行观念已在跨文化背景下得到广泛研究，但目前缺乏对种族差异的研究。
目的
本研究调查了马来西亚一个多民族样本中对精神分裂症的表现、病因和治疗方法的看法。
方法
在本研究中，561名马来族、华族和卡达山-杜顺族参与者对72条关于精神分裂症的陈述进行了7分制评分。
结果
结果表明，马来西亚人倾向于支持对精神分裂症的社会环境解释。这些结果也存在种族和性别差异。具体而言，马来族参与者更强烈地认同精神分裂症有社会原因、治疗应在社会层面产生变化、精神分裂行为是有罪的以及精神病院不能提供有效治疗。
结论
关于精神分裂症的外行观念可能对不同的民族文化群体有不同作用，这会影响求助行为。
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