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Interpersonal concerns and psychological difficulties of psoriasis patients: effects of disease severity and fear of negative evaluation.

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Leary, MR; Rapp, SR; Herbst, KC; Exum, ML; Feldman, SR
Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
November 1998

Psoriasis creates interpersonal difficulties for many sufferers, but little research has examined factors that contribute to the degree of social and psychological disability that a particular person experiences. In all, 318 psoriasis patients completed measures of psychological and social well-being, the severity of their psoriasis, and their dispositional level of fear of negative evaluation (FNE). Analyses showed that disease severity and FNE significantly predicted perceptions of being stigmatized, interpersonal discomfort, stress over others' reactions, distress regarding the observable symptoms of the disease, the degree to which psoriasis interfered with the patients' lives, and patients' quality of life. Furthermore, FNE exerted a particularly strong influence for patients who had severe cases of psoriasis.

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Published In

Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association

DOI

EISSN

1930-7810

ISSN

0278-6133

Publication Date

November 1998

Volume

17

Issue

6

Start / End Page

530 / 536

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Adjustment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Self Concept
  • Public Health
  • Psoriasis
  • Prejudice
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
 

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Leary, M. R., Rapp, S. R., Herbst, K. C., Exum, M. L., & Feldman, S. R. (1998). Interpersonal concerns and psychological difficulties of psoriasis patients: effects of disease severity and fear of negative evaluation. Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 17(6), 530–536. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-6133.17.6.530
Leary, M. R., S. R. Rapp, K. C. Herbst, M. L. Exum, and S. R. Feldman. “Interpersonal concerns and psychological difficulties of psoriasis patients: effects of disease severity and fear of negative evaluation.Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 17, no. 6 (November 1998): 530–36. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-6133.17.6.530.
Leary MR, Rapp SR, Herbst KC, Exum ML, Feldman SR. Interpersonal concerns and psychological difficulties of psoriasis patients: effects of disease severity and fear of negative evaluation. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association. 1998 Nov;17(6):530–6.
Leary, M. R., et al. “Interpersonal concerns and psychological difficulties of psoriasis patients: effects of disease severity and fear of negative evaluation.Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, vol. 17, no. 6, Nov. 1998, pp. 530–36. Epmc, doi:10.1037//0278-6133.17.6.530.
Leary MR, Rapp SR, Herbst KC, Exum ML, Feldman SR. Interpersonal concerns and psychological difficulties of psoriasis patients: effects of disease severity and fear of negative evaluation. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association. 1998 Nov;17(6):530–536.

Published In

Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association

DOI

EISSN

1930-7810

ISSN

0278-6133

Publication Date

November 1998

Volume

17

Issue

6

Start / End Page

530 / 536

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Psychological
  • Social Adjustment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Self Concept
  • Public Health
  • Psoriasis
  • Prejudice
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations