The Feminism &amp; Psychology Undergraduate Prize 1999: Prizewinning Entry

Willmott, Jo

doi:10.1177/0959353500010001013

Cited by 13 publications

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“…This focus on self could be detrimental in the interpersonal relationship and could contribute to reality distortion. Our data seem to confirm Willmott’s results (38) that evidenced as women with PCOS exhibit a lack of control over their own lives’ events. Considering the CDI, we found it positive for 53.1% of the patients (vs. 29% of the controls), revealing a deficit in coping abilities, and consequently interpersonal relationships were superficial and rarely maintained.…”

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Personality and Psychiatric Disorders in Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent endocrine disorder among fertile women. Studies show reduced quality of life, anxiety, depression, body dissatisfaction, eating disorder, and sexual dysfunction, but the etiology of these disturbs remains still debated. The aim of our study is to verify whether this hyperandrogenic syndrome characterizes a strong psycho(patho)logical personality.Method: Sixty PCOS subjects (mean age 25.8 ± 4.7 years) were evaluated by anthropometric, metabolic, hormonal, clinical, and psychological parameters. After the certainty of the diagnosis of PCOS, the Rorschach test, according to Exner’s comprehensive system (CS) and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) were administered to each patient. The control group, on which the comparison was carried out, was composed by 40 healthy and aged compared women who were exclusively administered the Rorschach test according to CS.Results: MCMI-III evidenced axis II DSM-IV personality disorders [4.1% schizoid, depressive, sadistic, negativistic (passive–aggressive), and masochistic, 6.1% avoiding, 12.2% dependent, 20.4% histrionic, 16.3% narcissistic, 2.0% obsessive–compulsive], and axis I DSM-IV psychiatric disorders: 10.2% anxiety, 2.0% somatoform disorder and bipolar disorder, 16.3% major depressive disorder. Finally, we found 44.9% delusional disorder and 4.1% thought disorder. Rorschach test’s results show 53.1% reduced coping abilities and social skills, 55.1% depression, 30.6% perceptual distortion and cognitive slippage, 24.5% constantly alert and worry, 8.1% at risk for suicide, and finally about 50% of our patients had chronic stress.Conclusion: PCOS women have relevant personality and psychiatric disorders, when compared with normal subjects.

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confidence: 91%

Personality and Psychiatric Disorders in Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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“…This sense of feminine failure was not always constructed as purely functional; while discussing her hysterectomy as a result of endometriosis, Kristy stated that "I don't feel I am fulfilling my role as a woman," referring to a biological aspect of womanhood. However, in a later extract, she also expressed that she felt "less feminine, less attractive," moving to a construction of women contingent on social stereotypes about feminine appearance (Wilmott, 2000).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…In Theme 1, participants expressed distress at struggling to maintain a feminine identity amidst infertility worries and embarrassing personal symptoms, supporting work on other conditions affecting women's reproductive capacity (e.g. Wilmott, 2000). In Theme 2, women detailed their struggles to obtain appropriate treatment for their symptoms because they felt cast as the hysterical woman by medical professionals (supporting Young et al, 2018), and how this resulted in the women questioning their own sanity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, emphasising motherhood for women with conditions affecting fertility and/or menstruation may result in these women feeling that they have failed in their role as a woman. Women interviewed about experiences of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) (Wilmott, 2000), for example, constructed the presence of menstrual periods as defining womanhood and felt "freakish" or as though they were not "normal" (p. 110) because their reproductive function was disrupted.…”

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“The most lonely condition I can imagine”: Psychosocial impacts of endometriosis on women’s identity

Cole

Grogan

Turley

2020

Feminism & Psychology

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Endometriosis is a condition which affects around 1–2% of women worldwide and has profound effects on their everyday lives. Previous research has tended to focus on physical symptoms (such as chronic pain); how women manage changes to their identity and relationships as a result of endometriosis has received less attention. This paper discusses qualitative data examining how women negotiate changes to identity while living with endometriosis, in a social context where women are expected to minimise their symptoms and conform to feminine role expectations. We conducted thematic analysis of 34 replies to an online survey seeking qualitative text responses. The women identified disruptions to personal identity as a result of living with endometriosis. They talked about not feeling like themselves (Theme 1) and about reactions from medical and social connections prompting feelings that they were going “mad” (Theme 2). Participants also expressed feeling as though they were a burden to loved ones (Theme 3), which often resulted in self-silencing (Theme 4). Findings are discussed in the context of Western expectations of women’s roles in social relationships and suggest that professionals who support women with endometriosis should be aware of strategies such as self-silencing which may reduce effective self-care.

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The prevalence of eating disorders in women with facial hirsutism: An epidemiological cohort study

Morgan

Scholtz

Lacey

et al. 2008

Intl J Eating Disorders

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The Feminism & Psychology Undergraduate Prize 1999: Prizewinning Entry

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

Personality and Psychiatric Disorders in Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Personality and Psychiatric Disorders in Women Affected by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

“The most lonely condition I can imagine”: Psychosocial impacts of endometriosis on women’s identity

The prevalence of eating disorders in women with facial hirsutism: An epidemiological cohort study

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