title: Psychological factors affecting self-excoriative behavior in women with mild-to-moderate facial acne vulgaris.
abstract: The authors examined the psychological factors associated with self-excoriative behavior among 56 women (mean +/- SE age: 24.0 +/- 1.0 years) with mild-to-moderate facial acne vulgaris. Ratings associated with poor self-concept, such as perfectionistic and compulsive personality traits, correlated more strongly with self-excoriative behavior than the dermatologic indices of acne severity. The study's findings suggest that psychological factors, independent of acne severity, play an important role in the perpetuation of the self-excoriative behavior exhibited by some women with acne.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Gupta
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Gupta
authors: N J
authors: NJ
authors: Schork
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D012720:Severity of Illness Index