Swami Viren, Furnham Adrian, Kannan Kumaraswami, Sinniah Dhachayani
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;54(2):164-79. doi: 10.1177/0020764007084665.
Lay beliefs about schizophrenia have been extensively studied in cross-cultural settings, but research on ethnic differences are currently lacking.
This study examined beliefs about the manifestations, causes and cures of schizophrenia in a multi-ethnic sample from Malaysia.
In this study, 561 Malay, Chinese and Kadazan-Dusun participants rated 72 statements about schizophrenia on a 7-point scale.
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.
Lay beliefs about schizophrenia may serve different functions for different ethno-cultural groups, which have an influence on help-seeking behaviour.
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。
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。
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。
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。
