Peitl Marija Vucic, Peitl Vjekoslav, Pavlovic Eduard
Psychiatric Clinic, Rijeka, Croatia.
Int J Psychiatry Med. 2009;39(2):155-67. doi: 10.2190/PM.39.2.d.
It is well documented that religion has an impact on mental health of both healthy people and mental health patients. However, scientific research regarding the influence of religion on sexual experiences and sexual self-perception in mental health patients and healthy people is very scarce.
Therefore, our goal was to research how and in what measure religious and atheistic views of patients suffering from depression and schizophrenia and healthy people influence their sexual functions and sexual self-perception.
This research was conducted on 100 patients suffering from schizophrenia and 100 patients suffering from depression, while 100 healthy individuals served as a control group. DMS-IV criteria were used when diagnosing schizophrenia and depression. In order to research the aspects of sexual self-perception we used Bezinović's questionnaire and Arizona sexual experience scale (ASEX) to research the aspects of sexual intercourse.
Results show that Roman-Catholic patients suffering from schizophrenia experience greater sexual satisfaction than Eastern-Orthodox or atheist schizophrenic patients. Among patients suffering from depression in regard to their differing religious views there were no significant differences regarding sexual satisfaction or the aspects of sexual self-perception. Furthermore, there is a significant difference among healthy individuals when taking into consideration religious views. We established that Muslims have a significantly stronger sexual drive then atheists, Roman-Catholic or Eastern-Orthodox individuals. Compared to Roman-Catholic and Eastern-Orthodox individuals, atheists have better consciousness of their own sexuality.
We can conclude that religious views have an influence on sexual functioning and sexual self-perception of patients suffering from depression and schizophrenia and also healthy individuals. Thus, further research on a bigger sample of participants--not only of those religious denominations covered in this research, but also of those that are less present in our society and of other mental health disorders and illnesses--is needed.
有充分文献记载宗教对健康人群和精神疾病患者的心理健康都有影响。然而，关于宗教对精神疾病患者和健康人群的性体验及性自我认知影响的科学研究却非常稀少。
因此，我们的目标是研究抑郁症和精神分裂症患者以及健康人群的宗教和无神论观点如何以及在何种程度上影响他们的性功能和性自我认知。
本研究对100名精神分裂症患者和100名抑郁症患者进行，同时100名健康个体作为对照组。诊断精神分裂症和抑郁症时采用《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第四版标准。为研究性自我认知方面，我们使用贝齐诺维奇问卷，并用亚利桑那性体验量表（ASEX）研究性交方面。
结果显示，患精神分裂症的罗马天主教患者比东正教或无神论精神分裂症患者有更高的性满意度。在患有抑郁症的患者中，就其不同宗教观点而言，在性满意度或性自我认知方面没有显著差异。此外，在考虑宗教观点时，健康个体之间存在显著差异。我们发现穆斯林的性驱力明显强于无神论者、罗马天主教徒或东正教徒。与罗马天主教徒和东正教徒相比，无神论者对自身性取向有更好的认知。
我们可以得出结论，宗教观点对抑郁症和精神分裂症患者以及健康个体的性功能和性自我认知有影响。因此，需要对更大样本的参与者进行进一步研究——不仅包括本研究涵盖的宗教教派，还包括在我们社会中占比更少的教派以及其他精神疾病和病症。
