Psychological characteristics of women with androgenetic alopecia: a controlled study.
The psychological characteristics and the hair problems of 58 females with androgenetic alopecia were compared with a group of women with non-apparent dermatological diseases, and with a group of men with androgenetic alopecia. The women with androgenetic alopecia had higher scores for self-sufficiency and social inadequacy compared to women with non-visible dermatological complaints, and they scored higher for inadequacy, rigidity and general psychological maladjustment than the men and had lower scores for injuredness self-evaluation and self-esteem. The women with androgenetic alopecia had more psychosocial problems, which they attributed to the hair loss, than the other groups.
van der Donk
J
J
Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Passchier
J
J
Knegt-Junk
C
C
van der Wegen-Keijser
M H
MH
Nieboer
C
C
Stolz
E
E
Verhage
F
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012918:Social Alienation