Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Sports, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Front Public Health. 2024 Jul 1;12:1388842. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1388842. eCollection 2024.
This study was conducted on the occasion of the parricide in Bolzano (South Tyrol, Italy) in January 2021. The psychological impact of parricide on the general population and on mental health professionals has scarcely been investigated to the present day. Studies on stigmatization show differences between various groups. The aim was to analyze the emotional reactions to the parricide and the stigmatization of persons with mental disorders in the South Tyrolian population.
In September 2022, 121 mental health professionals of the Department of Psychiatry in Bolzano were surveyed using an online questionnaire. In addition, from January to March 2023, the general population of South Tyrol was invited to take part in the survey through an online-link and was divided into three groups: 267 persons with mental health problems, 855 relatives and 1,019 persons with no direct or indirect contact to people with mental problems. The validated Reported and Intended Behavior Scale (RIBS) was used together with questions on the emotional reactions to the parricide and the perceived dangerousness of psychiatric patients. Descriptive statistics, one-way Anovas as well as regressions were carried out.
All groups experienced sadness the most. Relatives experienced more sadness and anger than the other groups. Over 80% of the professionals stated that psychiatric patients were not at greater risk of committing parricide. The population with no contact rated the risk higher than those affected and had the lowest level of openness (RIBS). There were no differences between genders, but there were age differences, with younger people being more stigmatizing. The results suggest that personal contact, appropriate information, and education are associated with less stigmatization.
本研究是在 2021 年 1 月意大利博尔扎诺（南蒂罗尔）发生弑亲事件的背景下进行的。迄今为止，弑亲事件对普通民众和心理健康专业人员的心理影响几乎没有得到调查。关于污名化的研究表明，不同群体之间存在差异。本研究旨在分析南蒂罗尔民众对弑亲事件的情绪反应和对精神障碍患者的污名化。
2022 年 9 月，对博尔扎诺精神病学系的 121 名心理健康专业人员进行了在线问卷调查。此外，2023 年 1 月至 3 月，通过在线链接邀请南蒂罗尔的普通民众参与调查，并将其分为三组：267 名有心理健康问题的人、855 名亲属和 1019 名与精神问题患者没有直接或间接接触的人。使用经过验证的报告和意图行为量表（RIBS）以及对弑亲事件的情绪反应和对精神病人危险性的感知问题进行调查。进行了描述性统计、单因素方差分析和回归分析。
所有组别的人最感到悲伤。亲属比其他组别的人感到更多的悲伤和愤怒。超过 80%的专业人员表示，精神病人没有更高的自杀风险。没有接触过精神病人的人群认为精神病人的风险更高，且开放性程度（RIBS）最低。性别之间没有差异，但存在年龄差异，年轻人的污名化程度更高。结果表明，个人接触、适当的信息和教育与较少的污名化有关。
