O'Grady K E
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1982 Nov;43(5):1064-71. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.43.5.1064.
This study investigated the relationship between sex, physical attractiveness, and perceived risk for mental illness. A random sample consisting of 120 males and 120 females was recruited at various locations on a large Northeastern university campus and asked to fill out a questionnaire that dealth with "how they might behave in the future." This questionnaire contained brief descriptions of 12 mental disorders. Each description was written to be consistent with a type of mental disorder discussed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association, 1980). The questionnaire was developed through prior scaling in two separate samples and included disorders that differed in their rated severity as well as in their reported differential incidence in males and females. Results of multiple regression analyses, in which sex, rated physical attractiveness of the subject, type of mental disorder, and their interactions served as predictors, and perceived risk for mental illness served as the criterion indicated that decreased attractiveness was associated with an increasing belief in susceptibility to mental illness (p less than .05). Several additional predicted effects did not emerge. Results were interpreted to indicate another link between physical attractiveness and mental illness. Limitations to the study are discussed and suggestions for future research are offered.
本研究调查了性别、外貌吸引力与对精神疾病的感知风险之间的关系。在东北部一所大型大学校园的不同地点招募了一个由120名男性和120名女性组成的随机样本，并要求他们填写一份关于“他们未来可能的行为方式”的问卷。该问卷包含12种精神障碍的简短描述。每种描述的撰写都与《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》（第三版；美国精神病学协会，1980年）中讨论的一种精神障碍类型一致。该问卷是通过在两个独立样本中预先进行量表编制而开发的，包括在严重程度评分以及报告的男女发病率差异方面有所不同的障碍。多元回归分析的结果表明，吸引力下降与对易患精神疾病的信念增加相关（p小于0.05），其中性别、受试者的外貌吸引力评分、精神障碍类型及其相互作用作为预测因素，对精神疾病的感知风险作为标准。其他几个预测效应并未出现。研究结果被解释为表明外貌吸引力与精神疾病之间的另一种联系。讨论了该研究的局限性，并提出了未来研究的建议。
