性少数群体中情绪调节和强迫症:确定治疗目标
Andreas Bezahler1, Jennie M Kuckertz2, Dean McKay1
1Psychology Department, Fordham University, USA.
Journal of anxiety disorders
|December 15, 2023
概括
性少数群体的人,特别是双性+的人,情绪调节能力较低,是强迫症 (OCD) 的危险因素. 量身定制的强迫症治疗应解决情绪调节问题,并肯定性少数群体的身份.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 性少数群体的人面临更高的精神病理率,包括与异性恋人相比,强迫症 (OCD) 的风险增加了9倍.
- 情绪调节不良是强迫症的已知风险因素,但性取向之间的情绪调节能力的差异及其与强迫症严重程度的关系仍然未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了在强迫症治疗期间比较性少数群体和异性恋个体之间的强迫症严重程度和情绪调节能力.
- 研究情绪调节维度和强迫症严重程度之间的关系,特别是在性少数群体中.
主要方法:
- 分析了470名接受部分医院/住院治疗强迫症的成年人队列.
- 该研究包括22%的自我认同的性少数群体个人,比较性取向群体之间的情绪调节能力和强迫症严重程度.
主要成果:
- 性少数群体的个人报告与异性恋个体相比,情绪调节能力明显较低.
- 在性少数群体中,双性恋+个体的情绪调节能力低于异性恋个体,但与同性恋/女同性恋个体没有显著差异.
- 研究结果表明,基于性取向的情绪调节差异存在,双性+个体遇到最大的挑战.
结论:
- 情绪调节能力在性取向之间存在差异,突出了性少数群体个人,特别是双性+个体在管理强迫症时的潜在脆弱性.
- 目前的强迫症治疗应整合情绪调节策略,包容性和肯定多样性性认同,以改善患者的治疗结果.
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