Anxiety, Aggression, and Body Ideal in Adult Atopic Dermatitis Patients

Linnet, Jakob; Jemec, Gregor B. E.

doi:10.1159/000049656

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“…Patients with psoriasis showed less ability to express anger than the participants without a skin condition; however, they did not differ significantly in terms of other personality characteristics such as locus of control or depression. Similarly, Linnet and Jemec found a significant positive relationship between anger and trait anxiety in patients with atopic dermatitis. Not surprisingly, anger and body image concerns were significant predictors for managing anxiety in this sample.…”

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The influence of optimism, social support and anxiety on aggression in a sample of dermatology patients: an analysis of cross-sectional data

2017

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Summary Background Individuals with visible skin conditions often experience stigmatization and discrimination. This may trigger maladaptive responses such as feelings of anger and hostility, with negative consequences to social interactions and relationships. Objective To identify psychosocial factors contributing to aggression levels in dermatology patients. Methods Data were obtained from 91 participants recruited from outpatient clinics in the north of England, U.K. This study used dermatology‐specific data extracted from a large U.K. database of medical conditions collected by The Appearance Research Collaboration. This study looked at the impact of optimism, perceptions of social support and social acceptance, fear of negative evaluation, appearance concern, appearance discrepancy, social comparison and well‐being on aggression levels in a sample of dermatology patients. Results In order to assess the relationship between variables, a hierarchical regression analysis was performed. Dispositional style (optimism) was shown to have a strong negative relationship with aggression (β = −0·37, t = −2·97, P = 0·004). Higher levels of perceived social support were significantly associated with lower levels of aggression (β = −0·26, t = −2·26, P = 0·02). Anxiety was also found to have a significant positive relationship with aggression (β = 0·36, t = 2·56, P = 0·01). Conclusions This study provides evidence for the importance of perceived social support and optimism in psychological adjustment to skin conditions. Psychosocial interventions provided to dermatology patients might need to address aggression levels and seek to enhance social support and the ability to be optimistic.

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“…Previously, the KAPP has been used in psychosomatic research (ulcerative colitis, [11]; adult atopic dermatitis [12]), in personality disorder research (personality change after brain injury [13]); in borderline and organic personality disorder [14], in psychotherapy research [15][16][17][18]; and in substance abuse research [19,20]. Only one previous study has, however, examined the KAPP profile of patients with eating disorders [21], and the sample size in that study was quite small (n = 16) and consisted of both patients with AN (n = 7) and BN (n = 9).…”

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Psychodynamic profile and reflective functioning in patients with bulimia nervosa

Mathiesen

Pedersen

Sandros

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Comprehensive Psychiatry

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“…Other aspects, however, like the role of the skin in regulating closeness and distance, are not assessed by these tests. Up to now, standardized psychological questionnaires have usually been used in clinical studies [Fritzsche et al, 2001;Linnet and Jemec, 2001]. Deep-psychologically orientated test procedures have scarcely been used or their conception is very complicated [Freni et al, 2001].…”

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The Skin Satisfaction Questionnaire – an Instrument to Assess Attitudes toward the Skin in Healthy Persons and Patients

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Kupfer²,

Brosig³

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Dermatol Psychosom

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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to construct a questionnaire on skin satisfaction (SSQ = HautZuf) suitable to assess satisfaction and attitudes toward one’s skin, to be used with dermatology and other patients as well as with healthy subjects. In this sense, the SSQ expands the existing spectrum of dermatological-psychosomatic/psychological questionnaires, which primarily address issues like coping with disease, quality of life, stigmatization and disease-specific problems, and includes underlying deep-psychological aspects such as the role of the skin in regulating closeness and distance. Patients and Methods: The a priori scales contained 69 items and were constructed on the basis of theoretical considerations about feelings of shame and disgust, closeness and distance, sexuality, affection and the skin-self. An experts’ rating of the contents and a pilot phase in which laymen tested comprehensibility of the items preceded development of the questionnaire. After this, 185 subjects from three groups were recruited (group 1: secondary school certification students in adult education programs, n = 54; group 2: patients in the psychosomatic outpatient clinic, n = 67; group 3: medical students in their first semester, n = 64). After exclusion of items with frequently missing data (>5%) and extremely skewed distribution, 50 items entered the factor analysis which was computed on complete data sets of 167 subjects. Results: Scree test suggested a 5-factor solution which explained 38.3% of the variance. Finally, an item pool of 32 items crystallized, which were assigned to the following 5 areas: partnership touching, shame, family touching, disgust and self-touching. All scales showed good internal consistency and reliability (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.74–0.80; split-half reliability: 0.72–0.81). Intercorrelations between scales were low except for the touching scales. Correlations with the Giessen Test (GT), a German personality questionnaire, were comprehensible but rather low, indicating that the SSQ asks for a specific spectrum of psychological characteristics. Conclusion: The SSQ is a useful test instrument which assesses a broad range of parameters on specific psychosocial aspects of skin perception, skin satisfaction and attitudes toward the skin, suitable for healthy persons as well as (skin) patients.

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Anxiety, Aggression, and Body Ideal in Adult Atopic Dermatitis Patients

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

The influence of optimism, social support and anxiety on aggression in a sample of dermatology patients: an analysis of cross-sectional data

The influence of optimism, social support and anxiety on aggression in a sample of dermatology patients: an analysis of cross-sectional data

Psychodynamic profile and reflective functioning in patients with bulimia nervosa

The Skin Satisfaction Questionnaire – an Instrument to Assess Attitudes toward the Skin in Healthy Persons and Patients

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