"Ur skin is the thing that everyone sees and you cant change it!": Exploring the appearance-related concerns of young people with psoriasis

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-141

  Fox, Fiona E ^a   Rumsey, Nichola ^a   Morris, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Appearance; Peer support; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPPORT GROUP; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSORIASIS;

EID: 34548596833     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13638490701217594     Document Type: Article

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