Emotion regulation in pathological skin picking: Findings from a non-treatment seeking sample

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-245

  Snorrason, Ívar ^a   Smári, Jakob ^a   Ólafsson, Ragnar P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Affect regulation; Boredom; Emotion reactivity; Emotion regulation; Psychogenic excoriation; Skin picking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BOREDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL SKIN PICKING; RATING SCALE; SKIN INJURY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TENSION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SKIN;

EID: 77955282121     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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