Psychosocial stress and coping in alopecia areata: A questionnaire survey and qualitative study among 45 patients

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-327

  Matzer, Franziska ^a   Egger, Josef Wilhelm ^a   Kopera, Daisy ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Coping; Psychosocial stress; Qualitative research; Stress regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; AUSTRIA; BODY IMAGE; COST OF ILLNESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953694369     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1031     Document Type: Article

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