mojgan agah haris; Nahid Ramezani
Abstract
Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory skin disease, that mental - cognitive factors are involved in the creation and continuity of the problem. The aim of this study is comparison of personal characteristics and anxiety sensitivity in people with and without Psoriasis. Method: By using ...
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Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory skin disease, that mental - cognitive factors are involved in the creation and continuity of the problem. The aim of this study is comparison of personal characteristics and anxiety sensitivity in people with and without Psoriasis. Method: By using casual-comparative research project and available sampling method among volunteers, 130 people with Psoriasis and 130 people without Psoriasis were selected. All subjects answered to NEO five-factor inventory items (NEO-FFI) and anxiety sensitivity indexes (ASI-3., Taylor et al., 2007) and demographic information in one session. Results: The results showed that personality traits in people with Psoriasis in scale of openness to experience are different from people without Psoriasis ,and the mean of anxiety sensitivity in people with psoriasis are significantly (p
