[A questionnaire for the assessment of women's perception of their own femininity: a study on women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser-syndrome and women with polycystic ovary syndrome].
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| Abstract |
Women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) experience substantial changes in female body characteristics. It was investigated how this is associated with changes concerning the experience of one's own femininity. A questionnaire was developed to measure the experience of one's own femininity. The question-naire assesses how important several aspects are to women for their experience of their own femininity. Data from 49 women with MRKHS and 55 women with PCOS were compared to a non-clinical sample (932 women). The experience of their own femininity differed between the clinical groups as well as in comparison to the control sample. Diagnosis-specific characteristics emerged, which should be considered in the treatment of affected women. The developed questionnaire proved to be suitable for measuring differences in the experience of one's own femininity between groups of gynecological -patients.
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| Authors | Kerstin Krupp, Franziska Brunner, Maike Fliegner, Katharina Rall, Sara Brucker, Peer Briken, Hertha Richter-Appelt |
| Journal | Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie (Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol) Vol. 63 Issue 8 Pg. 334-40 (Aug 2013) ISSN: 1439-1058 [Electronic] Germany |
| Vernacular Title | Fragebogen zum Erleben der eigenen Weiblichkeit (FB-W): Ergebnisse von Frauen mit Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrom und Frauen mit polyzystischem Ovarsyndrom. |
| PMID | 23444109 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Validation Study) |
| Copyright | © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York. |
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