The relation between type D personality and the clinical condition of patients suffering from psoriasis.
BACKGROUND
TYPE D PERSONALITY IS THE LAST DISTINGUISHED SPECIFIC TYPE OF PERSONALITY THAT IS CHARACTERISED BY TWO DIMENSIONS: a tendency for feeling negative emotions - depression, anxiety, anger or hostility, and a tendency for withdrawal from the society. The latest research shows the significant role played by type D personality in the aetiology and course of a variety of diseases.


OBJECTIVE
The article discusses the problem of the occurrence of type D personality in the group of patients suffering from psoriasis. Diversities in the clinical condition of psoriasis patients due to increasing type D personality traits are specified.


METHODS
Ninety psoriasis patients and 86 healthy subjects participated in the research. In the research questionnaires, the scale for assessing increasing psoriasis complaints and the DS-14 scale to assess type D personality were applied.


RESULTS
Research results made it possible to corroborate more frequent occurrence of type D personality among psoriasis patients. Moreover, it was found that with increasing negative affectivity - one of type D personality components - complaints increase as far as the clinical condition of psoriasis patients is concerned.


CONCLUSIONS
Monitoring of psychological well-being of psoriasis patients, especially within type D personality, seems to be a vital element, irrespective of purely medical treatment.
Department of Psychopathology and Clinical Diagnosis, Institute of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Head of the Institute: Prof. Janusz Trempała.
Małgorzata A
MA
Basińska
Department of Psychopathology and Clinical Diagnosis, Institute of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Head of the Institute: Prof. Janusz Trempała.
Agnieszka
A
Woźniewicz
increase in complaints; psoriasis; type D personality