The personality characteristics of children with psoriasis
- VernacularTitle:47例儿童寻常型银屑病患者个性特征的调查分析
- Author:
Fang LIU
;
Xueqin YANG
;
Li ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
children;
psoriasis;
personality characteristics
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1982;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the difference on personality characteristics between childhood patients with psoriasis and healthy children. Methods Forty seven children (7-15 years old) suffering from psoriasis served as patient group, and fifty two healthy students (7-15 years old) served as normal control group. The personality character of all the children in both groups were assessed by Eysenck personality questionnaire for children (EPQ-C), and the T scores of EPQ were then compared between the two groups. Results The N scores (represent psychoneurotic tendency of the subjects) of patients with psoriasis were significantly higher than that of normal controls (t=4.624, P0.05). The E scores (represent extro-introverted tendency of the subjects) of the children in patient group was lower than that in control group, but no significant difference was found between girls and boys in the patient group. Significantly more children with introversive-unsteady personality were found in patient group (25.5%) than in control group (7.7%, ?2=5.798, P
