Personality Characteristics, Anxiety Sensitivity, Anxiety, and Depression Levels on Patients Diagnosed with Psychogenic Pruritus
ALPHA PSYCHIATRY, vol.23, no.5, pp.243-252, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 23 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2022.21699
- Journal Name: ALPHA PSYCHIATRY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.243-252
- Keywords: Anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, personality, pruritus, psychogenic itch, ATOPIC-DERMATITIS, PSORIASIS, TRAITS, ITCH, TEMPERAMENT, DIMENSIONS, INVENTORY, SYMPTOMS, VALIDITY
- Yozgat Bozok University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Background: This study aimed to investigate the personality traits, anxiety sensitivity (AS), anxiety, and depression levels in patients diagnosed with psychogenic pruritus (PP). Certain personality traits may come to the fore in psychosomatic disorders; these traits are thought to make the person vulnerable to psychosomatic diseases. This study aimed to investigate the personality traits, anxiety sensitivity (AS), anxiety, and depression levels in patients diagnosed with psychogenic pruritus (PP).