Naslov
Sexual self-perception in schizophrenic patients in relation to sex and age

Autori
Vucic Peitl, Marija ; Pavlovic, Eduard ; Peitl, Antun

Izvornik
WPA Official Journal World Psychiatry

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, izvještaj

Godina
2004

Ključne riječi
sexual self-perception ; schizophrenic patients ; sex ; age

Sažetak
The aim of this investigation was to establish the difference in sexual self-perception between acute and chronic schizophrtenic patients and healthy individuala, with regard to their sex, age, marital status and level of education. Subjects of the investigation were a hundred acute and a hundred chronic schizophrenic individuals with an age varying from 18 to 45 that had been treated at the Psychiatric Clinic, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, and a hundred healthy individuals randomily selected and matched for age, among citizens of Rijeka during April and May of 1999. Sexual self-perception was investigated applying a questionaire created by Bezinovic. Chronic and acute schizophrenic patients had significantly higher scores than healthy individuals with regard to negative emotions and sexual incompetence. There were no differences between acute and chronic schizophrenics. Male individuals from all groups showed significantly better results than women on scales that measure sexual self-scheme, sexual adventures and sexual pleasure. In young healthy individuals sexual self-perception is significantly related to sexual awareness, sexual readiness and sexual pleasure. Age is not particularly significant in schizophrenic patients, whether acute or chronic.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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