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

作者：Krupp Kerstin; Brunner Franziska; Fliegner Maike; Rall Katharina; Brucker Sara; Briken Peer; Richter Appelt Hertha^*

来源：Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie, 2013, 63(8): 334-340.

DOI：10.1055/s-0032-1333286

• femininity
• questionnaire
• Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS)
• polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
• uterovaginal agenesis

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 questionnaire 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.

• 出版日期2013-8