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

Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 530-536

  Leary, Mark R ^a   Rapp, Stephen R ^b   Herbst, Kenneth C ^a   Exum, M Lyn ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear of negative evaluation; Psoriasis; Self presentation; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031769421     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.17.6.530     Document Type: Article

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