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.