Hamzy Aryati, Chen Cheng-Chung, Hsieh Kuan-Ying
Department of International Graduate Program of Education and Human Development, College of Social Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, No. 70 Lianhai Rd., Gushan District, Kaohsiung City 804, Taiwan.
Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City 804, Taiwan.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Aug 31;13(9):727. doi: 10.3390/bs13090727.
Aggression is a global problem and complex social behavior. In Indonesia, some common manifestations of aggression are sexual harassment, domestic violence, and the stigmatization of other people. However, unlike men, aggression in women is still rarely studied, whereas facts find that many conditions can make women more vulnerable. There are various aspects related to biological, psychological, social, and cultural issues that can potentially provoke female aggression. Furthermore, mental health and aggression are often viewed as an automatic association and are inseparable in society, reinforcing the stigma against people with mental problems, particularly women, who tend to suffer more stigma of mental health issues than men. However, there has not yet been a study explicitly related to this relationship in the general population of women. The current study aims to examine the overall relationship between mental health and aggression in the extensive general population of Indonesian women with various mental conditions ranging from a normal mental state to severe mental health problems. This was a cross-sectional study conducted using uncontrolled quota sampling via distributing online self-report questionnaires, the modified Indonesian version instruments of the Brief Symptoms Rating Scale-5, and the Buss Aggression Scale with high internal consistency. This study among 203 women aged 19-67 in Indonesia, a multicultural nation and the fourth densest country in the world, proposes that mental health can be a predictor of aggressive behavior, with the influence of mental health on the aggression of women being 21.6% only. The finding indicates that mental health issues are not a macro contributing factor to women's aggressiveness in society and may help reduce stigma against women with mental health problems.
攻击行为是一个全球性问题和复杂的社会行为。在印度尼西亚,攻击行为的一些常见表现形式包括性骚扰、家庭暴力以及对他人的污名化。然而,与男性不同,女性的攻击行为仍很少被研究,而事实表明许多情况会使女性更容易受到影响。存在与生物、心理、社会和文化问题相关的各个方面,这些方面可能潜在地引发女性的攻击行为。此外,心理健康和攻击行为在社会中常常被视为一种自动关联且不可分割,这强化了对有心理问题的人的污名化,尤其是女性,她们往往比男性更容易遭受心理健康问题的污名。然而,在普通女性人群中尚未有明确与此关系相关的研究。当前的研究旨在考察在印度尼西亚广泛的普通女性人群中,心理健康与攻击行为之间的总体关系,这些女性具有从正常心理状态到严重心理健康问题等各种心理状况。这是一项横断面研究,通过在线发放自我报告问卷、修改后的印度尼西亚语版简明症状评定量表 -5 和具有高内部一致性的布斯攻击量表,采用非控制配额抽样进行。这项针对印度尼西亚 203 名年龄在 19 至 67 岁之间女性的研究,印度尼西亚是一个多元文化国家且是世界上人口第四密集的国家,研究表明心理健康可以是攻击行为的一个预测因素,心理健康对女性攻击行为的影响仅为 21.6%。该研究结果表明,心理健康问题并非女性在社会中攻击性的主要促成因素,并且可能有助于减少对有心理健康问题女性的污名。