Janda C, Asbrock F, Herget M, Kues J N, Weise C
Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps University Marburg , Marburg , Germany.
Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Chemnitz , Chemnitz , Germany.
Women Health. 2019 Oct;59(9):967-984. doi: 10.1080/03630242.2019.1584599. Epub 2019 Mar 24.
Women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) are often faced with prejudices about the premenstrual phase. The aim of this study was to investigate whether providing information (psychoeducation) could improve study participants' perception of a PMDD-patient and whether experimentally-induced prejudices about PMDD resulted in stigmatization. Two hundred sixteen students (50% female; aged 18-42 years) from Philipps University Marburg participated in January 2014. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two experimental groups (EG1, EG2) or to a control group (CG). EG1 read a text informing about PMDD. EG2 read a text with stereotypic PMDD-information. CG received a text with information unrelated to PMDD. Then, all participants watched a video of a woman reporting about her PMDD. Finally, participants appraised the woman on the cognitive dimensions warmth and competence as well as on PMDD-related attributes (depressive symptoms, emotional regulation). Participants of EG1 rated the woman as warmer ( < .001), more competent ( = .006), and with less depressive symptoms ( < .001) than the CG. The results by study group did not differ by gender. Stereotypic information did not differ significantly among the study groups. Psychoeducation can facilitate the understanding of PMDD-patients and should be integrated in future research on PMDD-treatments.
患有经前烦躁障碍（PMDD）的女性常常面临对经前期的偏见。本研究的目的是调查提供信息（心理教育）是否能改善研究参与者对PMDD患者的看法，以及实验诱导的对PMDD的偏见是否会导致污名化。2014年1月，来自马尔堡菲利普斯大学的216名学生（50%为女性；年龄在18 - 42岁之间）参与了研究。参与者被随机分配到两个实验组（EG1、EG2）或一个对照组（CG）。EG1阅读了一篇关于PMDD的信息文本。EG2阅读了一篇包含刻板印象的PMDD信息的文本。CG收到了一篇与PMDD无关的信息文本。然后，所有参与者观看了一名女性讲述自己PMDD经历的视频。最后，参与者从认知维度的热情和能力以及与PMDD相关的属性（抑郁症状、情绪调节）方面对该女性进行评价。与CG相比，EG1的参与者认为该女性更热情（<0.001）、更有能力（=0.006）且抑郁症状更少（<0.001）。研究组的结果在性别上没有差异。刻板印象信息在各研究组之间没有显著差异。心理教育有助于增进对PMDD患者的理解，应纳入未来关于PMDD治疗的研究中。
