Stressful life events, social support, attachment security and alexithymia in vitiligo: A case-control study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-158

  Picardi, Angelo ^a   Pasquini, P ^a   Cattaruzza, M S ^a,b   Gaetano, P ^a   Melchi, C F ^a   Baliva, G ^a   Camaioni, D ^a   Tiago, A ^a   Abeni, D ^a   Biondi, M ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Attachment; Life events; Skin disease; Social support; Stress; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; VITILIGO;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VITILIGO;

EID: 0037266189     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069731     Document Type: Article

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