TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment styles of dermatological patients in europe
T2 - A multicentre study in 13 countries
AU - Szabó, Csanád
AU - Altmayer, Anita
AU - Lien, Lars
AU - Poot, Francoise
AU - Gieler, Uwe
AU - Tomas-Aragones, Lucia
AU - Kupfer, Jörg
AU - Jemec, Gregor B.E.
AU - Misery, Laurent
AU - Linder, Dennis
AU - Sampogna, Francesca
AU - Van Middendorp, Henriët
AU - Halvorsen, Jon Anders
AU - Balieva, Flora
AU - Szepietowski, Jacek C.
AU - Romanov, Dmitry
AU - Marron, Servando E.
AU - Altunay, Ilknur K.
AU - Finlay, Andrew Y.
AU - Salek, Sam S.
AU - Dalgard, Florence
N1 - This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
© 2017 Acta Dermato-Venereologica.
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - Attachment styles of dermatological outpatients and satisfaction with their dermatologists were investigated within the framework of a multicentre study conducted in 13 European countries, organized by the European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry. Attachment style was assessed with the Adult Attachment Scale. Patient satisfaction with the dermatologist was assessed with an 11-degree scale. A total of 3,635 adult outpatients and 1,359 controls participated in the study. Dermatological outpatients were less able to depend on others, were less comfortable with closeness and intimacy, and experienced similar rates of anxiety in relationships as did the controls. Participants who had secure attachment styles reported stressful life events during the last 6 months significantly less often than those who had insecure attachment styles. Patients with secure attachment styles tended to be more satisfied with their dermatologist than did insecure patients. These results suggest that secure attachment of dermatological outpatients may be a protective factor in the management of stress.
AB - Attachment styles of dermatological outpatients and satisfaction with their dermatologists were investigated within the framework of a multicentre study conducted in 13 European countries, organized by the European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry. Attachment style was assessed with the Adult Attachment Scale. Patient satisfaction with the dermatologist was assessed with an 11-degree scale. A total of 3,635 adult outpatients and 1,359 controls participated in the study. Dermatological outpatients were less able to depend on others, were less comfortable with closeness and intimacy, and experienced similar rates of anxiety in relationships as did the controls. Participants who had secure attachment styles reported stressful life events during the last 6 months significantly less often than those who had insecure attachment styles. Patients with secure attachment styles tended to be more satisfied with their dermatologist than did insecure patients. These results suggest that secure attachment of dermatological outpatients may be a protective factor in the management of stress.
KW - Attachment styles
KW - Psychodermatology
KW - Satisfaction
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U2 - 10.2340/00015555-2619
DO - 10.2340/00015555-2619
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85022024477
SN - 0001-5555
VL - 97
SP - 813
EP - 818
JO - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
JF - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
IS - 7
ER -