Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	125956
Country	China

Category	Psychiatry
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Heterogeneity of social anxiety symptoms among women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A latent profile analysis
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Yan-Miao Han, Wen-Wen Miao, Xin-Jing Li, Meng-Xia Yang, Jing-Xian Niu, Wen-Jun Wang, Malaika Zafar, Liu Li and Yu-Rong Xing
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number The Key Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Province, China 262102311030 the Special Program for Nursing Research (Nursing Team) Project HLKY2023006
Corresponding Author	Yu-Rong Xing, Department of International Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China. fccxyr@zzu.edu.cn
Key Words	Polycystic ovary syndrome; Social anxiety symptoms; Body image; Latent profile analysis; Psychological heterogeneity; Women’s mental health
Core Tip	Latent profile analysis identified three social-anxiety symptom patterns among 366 women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Intermediate social inhibition, low inhibition with stranger confidence, and high inhibition with low stranger confidence. The profiles provide an exploratory description of item-level heterogeneity rather than diagnostic categories. Their clinical relevance requires replication in multicenter and longitudinal samples using disorder-specific measures and broader clinical covariates.
Citation	Han HM, Miao WW, Li XJ, Yang MX, Niu JX, Wang WJ, Zafar M, Li L, Xing YR. Heterogeneity of social anxiety symptoms among women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A latent profile analysis. World J Psychiatry 2026; In press

Received	2026-07-21 08:02
Peer-Review Started	2026-07-21 08:04
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Return for Revision	2026-08-27 08:09
Revised	2026-09-05 13:40
Publication Fee Transferred	2026-09-26 04:56
Second Decision by Editor	2026-11-10 03:17
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-11-10 10:17
Articles in Press	2026-11-10 10:17
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