What does this study add?
- This study identified three distinct mental health profiles within
women with PCOS: Symptomatic but Content Profile Complete Mental
Health Profile and Troubled Profile;
- 52.3% of women with PCOS were classified as Symptomatic but Content
profile, in that they exhibited significant psychopathologic symptoms
(anxiety and depression) yet still reported relatively high subjective
well-being; 11.1% of PCOS women in the Troubled profile demonstrated
significant anxiety, depressive symptoms, and body image distress, as
well as the poor subjective well-being;
- The results of this study revealed cognitive reappraisal and social
support as indicators of positive mental health adjustment and
expression suppression as an indicator of negative barriers in women
with PCOS.