title: [Skin, bonding and partnership in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  On the basis of attachment, the study combines results in relationship and psychosomatic research. A buffering hypothesis of a secure attachment in patients with chronic skin diseases is checked.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with atopic dermatitis (n = 21) and psoriasis (n = 22) were tested with various questionnaires: the German questionnaire for partnership attributes (PFB) and problem list (PL), questionnaire for psychosomatic complaints (BEB), Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ), and a self-designed questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Unsecurely attached patients with atopic dermatitis feel mentally more disturbed and report more coherence between mental strains and changes in skin surface than securely attached psoriasis patients. There are tendencies to the assumed buffering effects. The study shows hints of the importance of attachment theory in psychosomatic skin diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the treatment of patients with chronic skin diseases psychosocial aspects should be taken into consideration. Partnership factors might be used as a resource.
authors.affiliation: Selbständige Abteilung für Hämatologie, internistische Onkologie & Hämostaseologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dorst
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seikowski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055809:Illness Behavior; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009450:Neurodermatitis / Q000523:psychology*; D009769:Object Attachment; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000523:psychology*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012803:Sick Role; D012944:Social Support; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult