Measuring Adjustment to Chronic Skin Disorders: Validation of a Self-Report Measure

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 532-549

  Stangier, Ulrich ^a   Ehlers, Anke ^b   Gieler, Uwe ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; VITILIGO;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0346118850     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.15.4.532     Document Type: Article

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