Archive 1992–2014
1993, tom 2, zeszyt 3
Zagadnienia seksuologii
Some aspects of mental life of homosexually oriented women
ALICJA DŁUGOŁĘCKA-LACH1
1. Instytutu Seksuologii w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1993, 2, 203-208
Keywords: homosexually oriented women, mental life
Summary
The paper presents results of a research on homosexually oriented women, which is a pioneer study in the Polish literature. Subjects were 30 female homosexuals, compared to a control group of 30 heterosexual women. The findings indicate that 80% of female homosexuals were afraid of a negative reaction of their social environment, 60% had guilt feelings connected with their homosexuality, 63% perceived negative consequences of their sexual orientation for their life, 57% revealed maternity needs, 73% – neuroticism, one third of the subjects reported drug use, 43% manifested antisocial behaviors, 53% had suicidal tendencies, while only 40% received psychotherapy.