The interplay between respondents' and patients' biological sex in the perception of aggression and dangerousness in schizophrenia
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The perception that those with schizophrenia will be aggressive persists among the wider population. Some studies report that women generally perceive more aggression than men. It is not clear how the respondent’s and the patient’s biological sex might influence the perception of those with schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to determine whether the perception of aggression, and the threat with which this is associated, is affected by the biological sex of either the person diagnosed with the condition or the person coming into contact with them. A total of 918 adults answered the Public Conception of Aggressiveness Questionnaire (PCAQ) using two case vignettes: one describing a female patient with schizophrenia and the other a male patient. Women reported the perception of aggression against self and against objects, in female patients less frequently than men did. Preconceptions about how each gender should behave may shape the perception of aggression and male patients with schizophrenia may be at a greater risk of discrimination. Educational programs should take the biological sex and gender of both patient and respondent into account
Aggression · Biological sex · Developmental psychology · Perception · Population · Psychiatry · Respondent · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
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