Mental health latent
profiles and emotion regulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome:
a cross-sectional study
Abstract
Introduction: Psychopathological disorders such as anxiety,
depression and body image distress are common in women with PCOS and
negatively impact their mental health. It is important to identify
mental health latent subgroups of PCOS females and provide tailored
measures to reduce psychopathological distress and improve their
subjective well-being.
Methods: LPA was conducted in Mplus version 8.3 to identify
mental health latent profiles in women with PCOS based on the
dual-factor approach. Differences
in demographic and anthropometric variables, cognitive reappraisal,
expressive suppression, and social support across mental health profiles
were examined through multinomial logistic regression.
Results: The current
study identified three distinct mental health profiles within women with
PCOS: Symptomatic but Content Profile Complete Mental Health Profile and
Troubled Profile, with group proportions of 52.3%, 35.7%, and 11.1 %,
respectively. The results of the multinomial regression analysis
revealed that cognitive reappraisal and social support as predictors of
positive mental health adjustment and expression suppression is an
indicator of negative barriers in women with PCOS.
Conclusion: This study identified three distinct mental health
profiles in women with PCOS, which provides evidence for more precisely
targeted interventions to address PCOS women’s diverse needs of
psychopathological symptoms and subjective well-being.
Key Words: polycystic ovary syndrome; mental health; subjective
well-being; expression suppression; cognitive reappraisal; latent
profile analysis.
What is already known on this subject?
- Anxiety, depression and body image distress are common in women with
PCOS and negatively impact their mental health;
- Traditionally, symptoms of mental illness (e.g., anxiety and
depression) have been used to infer the presence or absence of optimal
mental health;
- Successful emotion regulation is important to better-perceived mental
health and failure in emotion regulation is associated with various
mental disorders, particularly anxiety and depression.