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    Mehmet Ak, Bikem Haciomeroglu, Yilmaz Turan, Nergis Lapsekili, Ali Doruk, Ali Bozkurt andTemperament and character properties of male psoriasis patients

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    Introduction

    The skin is closely related to mind and it has

    been accepted as one of the most importantbody parts that reflects the psychological state

    of the person and in the evaluation of tempera-

    ment and character. Skin plays an important

    role in expressing emotions like anger, fear,

    shame and excitement, responding to emotional

    stimulus, in the development of self-image and

    self-esteem, and in the socialization process

    from infancy to adulthood. The relationship

    between the skin and the brain begins in the

    embryonic period. Skin and brain are originatedfrom ectoderm and some of the hormones and

    neurotransmitters can affect both of them

    (Koblenzer, 1983; Mercan and Altunay, 2006).Skin disorders such as alopecia and psoria-

    sis are accepted as falling within the category

    of psychosomatic disorders (Tucker, 2009).

    Psoriasis has been explained as a psychoso-

    matic disorder for a long time (Griffiths and

    Richards, 2001). It is a chronic and disabling

    Temperament andcharacter propertiesof male psoriasis patients

    Mehmet Ak, Bikem Haciomeroglu,Ylmaz

    Turan, Nergis Lapsekili, Ali Doruk,

    Ali Bozkurt and Ahmet Akar

    Gulhane School of Medicine, Turkey

    AbstractPersonality properties have an effect on the onset and triggering of psoriasis. The current study aimed to

    examine the personality of psoriasis patients in relation to the severity of the illness. Psoriasis and healthy

    participants completed the Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Maudsley Obsessive

    Compulsive Inventory, Temperament and Character Inventory. Severity of psoriasis was evaluated by

    the PASI. MANCOVA results revealed significantly higher Novelty Seeking, Harm Avoidance, Reward

    Dependence and Self-Transcendence scores for psoriasis group. Severity of PASI was predicted by harm

    avoidance and reward dependence. Personality properties should be evaluated while planning therapeuticinterventions for psoriasis patients.

    KeywordsCharacter, psoriasis, temperament

    Corresponding author:

    Mehmet Ak, Department of Dermatology, Gulhane

    School of Medicine, Etlik-Ankara 06018, Turkey.

    Email: [email protected]

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    skin disease, which affects up to two percent of

    the population. Little is known about the physi-

    cal, psychological and social factors related to

    the illness (Rapp et al., 1997). It is equally seen

    in men and women and it can begin at any age.

    Stress and psychosocial factors play an impor-

    tant role both in the onset and exacerbation of

    the disorder. Some of the studies do not show a

    strong correlation between the severity of the

    disorder and stress and psychosocial factors

    (Griffiths and Barker, 2007; Mercan and

    Altunay, 2006). On the other hand, in a study

    that examined the relationship between the

    severity of psoriasis, different types of psori-

    atic treatment and patients quality of life, it

    was found that psychological distress can exac-

    erbate the illness and, after the treatment, the

    quality of life of the patients was significantly

    improved (Coimbra et al., 2011). Although

    psoriasis is not a life threatening disorder, it has

    significant effects on the patients quality of

    life. For example, suicidal ideas are signifi-

    cantly higher in psoriasis patients compared to

    patients with non-psychosomatic skin disor-

    ders (Bozta and Polat, 2010). Some of the psy-

    chiatric disorders such as major depression,

    generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive com-

    pulsive disorder and alcohol dependency are

    more common in psoriasis patients (Bozta and

    Polat, 2010; Nasreen et al., 2008; Taner et al.,

    2007;Van Voorhees and Fried, 2009). The rela-

    tionship between psoriasis and affective disor-

    ders and their treatments are multi-dimensional.

    Although psoriasis is an illness without itch-

    ing, depressive psoriasis patients have itching,

    and when the severity of depression increases,

    the severity of the itching and the risk for sui-

    cide also increase. With antidepressant treat-

    ments, itching and insomnia complaints

    disappear (Mercan and Altunay, 2006; Gupta

    and Gupta, 1999; Gupta et al., 1993).

    Although a personality structure specific to

    psoriasis has not been defined, psoriasis patients

    are reported to have more obsessive compulsive,

    avoidant, schizoid and passive-aggressive prop-

    erties than healthy controls (Kilic et al., 2008;Rubino et al., 1995). A few numbers of studies

    that investigated the temperament and character

    properties of psoriasis patients have controver-

    sial results. Kilic and colleagues (2008) found

    higher Harm Avoidance and lower Self-

    Directedness scores of psoriasis patients com-

    pared to healthy controls. On the other hand,

    Guler and colleagues (2007) found that psoria-

    sis, vitiligo and neurodermatitis patients were

    not different from each other in terms of tem-

    perament properties, and for the character prop-

    erties they are similar to healthy controls. Doruk

    et al. claimed that temperament and character

    properties of psoriasis patients were not differ-

    ent from healthy controls (Doruk et al., 2009).

    Generally most of the studies were based on

    Coloningers psychobiological personality the-

    ory. This dimensional psychological approach to

    the personality model defined that personality

    had two fundamental components: temperament

    and character. According to this model, person-

    ality is a complex system consists of different

    psychobiological dimensions of temperament

    and character. Temperament refers to automatic

    emotions and responses thought to be moder-

    ately heritable, therefore largely genetically

    based, where as character is largely environ-

    mentally derived and responsive to learning and

    maturation (Cloninger, 2003). Cloninger and

    colleagues identified four temperament dimen-

    sions (novelty seeking, harm avoidance, reward

    dependence and persistence) and three character

    dimensions (self-directedness, cooperativeness

    and self-transcendence; Cloninger et al., 1993).

    In this study, based on Cloningers psycho-

    biological personality model, it was aimed to

    compare the temperament and character proper-

    ties of psoriasis patients and healthy controls,

    and to investigate the relationship between the

    temperament and character properties and the

    severity of psoriasis.

    Method

    Participants

    Patients diagnosed with psoriasis in a derma-tology clinic were informed about the study

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    and those who accepted to participate were

    referred to a psychiatry clinic. All participants

    were male ranging from 20 to 30 years old.

    Diagnostic evaluations were made with the

    SCID-I, and all participants completed the

    Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck

    Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Maudsley

    Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (MOCI).

    Temperament and character properties of the

    participants were evaluated by Temperament

    and Character Inventory (TCI). The Psoriasis

    Area and Severity Index (PASI) was used by

    dermatologists in order to evaluate the severity

    of psoriasis. Participants who had any dermato-

    logical or systemic disorders other than psoria-

    sis (ie, diabetes mellitus, hypertension),

    DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (ie, depression, gen-

    eralized anxiety disorder) and participants who

    had a low education level were excluded from

    the study. The control group had no physical or

    psychiatric disorder and their demographic

    properties (gender, age and education level)

    were similar to the patient group. The control

    group consisted of voluntary individuals who

    accompanied the patients in the hospital.

    Seventy-three participants diagnosed with

    psoriasis were interviewed with a psychiatrist

    and 61 patients were included in the study. Four

    patients with obsessive compulsive disorder,

    four patients with depressive disorder, two

    patients with generalized anxiety disorder, one

    patient with panic disorder and one patient with

    adjustment disorder were excluded from the

    study. The co-morbidity ratio of psychiatric dis-

    order with psoriasis was 16 percent. The control

    group consisted of 55 healthy participants.

    Assessment tools

    Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI).

    Coloningers Temperament and Character Inven-

    tory is a self-assessment tool consists of 240

    items rated as true or false. Temperament has

    four dimensions, defined as Novelty Seeking

    (NS), Harm Avoidance (HA), Reward Depend-

    ence (RD) and Persistence (P). Character hasthree dimensions as Self-Directedness (SD),

    Cooperativeness (C) and Self-Transcendence

    (ST). Kose et al. (2004) and Arkar (2005) con-

    ducted Turkish reliability and validity studies of

    the scale.

    Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). BDI consists

    of 21 self-assessment items exploring the symp-

    toms of depression scored from 03. Hisli

    (1988) conducted the reliability and validity

    study of Turkish version of the scale.

    Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The level of anxi-

    ety of participants was assessed by BAI devel-

    oped by Beck and colleagues (Beck et al.,

    1988). Likert type scale consists of 21 self-

    assessment items ranging from 03. Ulusoy

    and colleagues conducted the reliability and

    validity study of Turkish version of the scale

    (Ulusoy et al., 1998).

    Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (MOCI).

    A self-assessment scale developed by Hodgson

    and Rachman (1977) evaluates the type and

    severity of obsessive compulsive symptoms.

    Thirty-seven items are rated as true or false.

    Turkish reliability and validity study of the

    scale was conducted by Erol and Savasir (1988).

    Statistical analysis

    Multiple regression analyses were conducted

    in order to see whether temperament and char-

    acter properties could be predicted from

    depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and

    PASI scores in the psoriasis group. In order to

    examine the differences between the psoriasisand control groups in terms of temperament

    and character properties, one-way Multivariate

    Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) was

    conducted after controlling for BDI, BAI and

    MOCI scores.

    Results

    The psoriasis group and healthy control groups

    were compared in terms of age, BDI, BAI andMOCI scores. The mean age of the psoriasis

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    group (23.68 4.38l) was not significantly dif-

    ferent from the mean age of the control group

    (26.11 6.15). In terms of BDI scores, there

    was a significant difference between psoriasis

    (M =16.04 12.52) and control groups (M =5.75 8.41), (t =4.64, p

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    inheritable, manifest in infancy and similar in

    different cultures (Kose, 2003; Sadock, 2004).

    These properties are important determinants of

    the individuals response to stressors and cop-

    ing mechanisms. Different findings have been

    presented for psoriasis patients in terms of tem-

    perament properties. For example, in their

    study, Kilic et al. (2008) found high HA andRD scores in psoriasis patients. Guler et al.

    (2007) reported low harm avoidance scores yet

    high novelty seeking, especially impulsiveness

    scores in psoriasis patients. In the current study,

    HA, RD and NS scores were found to be higher

    than in controls. These results lead us to con-

    sider that the previous conflicting results might

    actually be due to not controlling for clinical

    variables. However, it should be taken intoaccount that this study includes only male

    Table 2. Comparison of psoriasis and control groups in terms of temperament and character propertiesafter controlled for Depression, Anxiety and OC Symptoms

    TCI Psoriasis GroupN= 61(Mean SD)

    Control GroupN= 55(Mean SD)

    F

    Exploratory excitability (NS1) 6.57 1.69 5.64 1.95 0.43Impulsiveness (NS2) 6.70 2.09 5.57 2.13 0.85

    Extravagance (NS3) 3.96 1.61 2.98 1.67 4.17*

    Disorderliness (NS4) 5.91 1.91 4.45 2.37 3.66*

    Novelty Seeking (NS) 23.13 4.71 18.63 6.58 3.90*

    Anticipatory worry (HA1) 5.87 1.93 4.25 2.25 7.18**

    Fear of uncertainty (HA2) 4.09 1.89 2.90 1.93 0.35

    Shyness with strangers (HA3) 4.47 1.48 3.59 1.61 4.58*

    Fatigability and asthenia (HA4) 5.40 2.14 4.00 2.14 3.86*

    Harm Avoidance (HA) 19.83 5.37 14.75 6.50 5.93*

    Sentimentality (RD1) 6.87 1.82 5.68 2.22 2.98Attachment (RD2) 5.06 1.30 4.34 1.66 0.96

    Dependence (RD3) 3.89 1.40 2.86 1.32 6.33**

    Reward Dependence (RD) 15.81 2.88 12.89 4.01 6.20**

    Persistence (P) 4.49 1.51 3.52 1.88 1.55

    Responsibility (SD1) 4.55 1.94 2.77 2.12 1.86

    Purposefulness (SD2) 4.91 1.45 4.11 1.51 0.32

    Resourcefulness (SD3) 2.17 1.36 1.43 1.24 1.42

    Self-Acceptance (SD4) 9.11 2.18 4.94 2.66 0.28

    Congruent second nature (SD5) 6.91 2.33 6.32 2.58 0.004

    Self-Directedness (SD) 24.64 6.75 19.57 8.66 0.76

    Acceptance (C1) 4.92 1.35 4.07 1.37 2.18Empathy (C2) 4.72 1.39 4.11 1.65 0.24

    Helpfulness (C3) 4.53 1.28 4.09 1.41 0.04

    Compassion vs. revenge (C4) 4.96 1.66 4.59 1.87 0.22

    Intergraded conscience (C5) 5.17 1.59 4.61 1.54 0.98

    Cooperativeness (C) 24.30 4.53 21.48 6.31 0.39

    Self-Forgetfulness (ST1) 7.21 2.46 4.59 2.80 5.81*

    Transpersonal identification (ST2) 5.43 2.31 3.77 2.32 4.87*

    Spiritual acceptance (ST3) 8.06 2.64 5.90 2.77 5.91*Self-Transcendence (ST) 20.70 5.84 14.27 6.95 8.38**

    *p

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    participants. It can be said that male psoriasis

    patients have temperament properties such as

    impulsiveness, fatigability, worrying and

    dependency. These properties, which are herit-

    able, might be effective in the onset, course and

    treatment stages of the disorder. Many studies

    showed that higher HA scores leads to prone-

    ness to depression. Elovainio et al. (2004)

    reported that shyness with strangers and fatiga-

    bility was important in the development of

    depressive symptoms. High levels of co-

    morbidity of psoriasis and depression might be

    linked to temperament properties (Gupta and

    Gupta, 1998; Taner et al., 2007; Van Voorhees

    and Fried, 2009).

    Character is largely environmentally derived

    and responsive to learning and maturation.

    Character can be defined as psychologically

    self-directedness including rule making, execu-

    tive and judgmental functioning. In this study

    Self-Transcendence scores of psoriasis patients

    were found to be higher than in controls. High

    self-transcendent individuals are generally

    more fair, considerate, religious and decent.

    This property is adaptively advantageous for

    people who face death or illnesses that are inev-

    itable with age (Sadock and Sadock, 2004).

    Contrary to the temperament properties that

    might be related to co-morbid psychiatric

    symptoms, the balance might be kept with this

    protective and adaptive character property.

    Additionally, in this study, it was aimed to

    investigate PASI as a predictor of temperament

    and character properties. In psoriasis patients,

    the severity of PASI scores was positively

    related to HA and RD scores. However no rela-

    tionship was obtained with NS. Similarly, there

    was no significant relationship between any of

    the character properties and PASI. In the light

    of these findings it can be said that dependent,

    sentimental and avoidant persons have more

    severe psoriasis symptoms.

    In conclusion, male patients with psoriasis

    differed from healthy controls in terms of tem-

    perament dimensions including high NS, HA

    and RD. Among these properties high HA and

    RD can be predicted by the severity of PASI.

    Psychosocial support for psoriasis patients is

    important for the prognosis of the disorder and

    the previously mentioned temperament and

    character properties should be taken into con-

    sideration while planning therapeutic interven-

    tions for psoriasis patients.

    In order to eliminate the possible effect of

    age and gender on temperament and character

    properties, only male patients ranging from 20

    to 30 years old were included in the study.

    However, this is also an important limitation.

    Since it is a cross-sectional design we cannot

    talk about causal relationships between psoria-

    sis and temperament and character dimensions.

    Table 3.Temperament and character properties ofpsoriasis patients

    Temperamentand characterdimension

    Description ofhighness

    Possiblebiological factor

    High NS Quicktempered,enthusiastic,easily bored,impulsive,extravagantand disorderly

    Dopamine

    High HA Anxious,pessimistic,fatigue and

    shy, passiveavoidancefrom problemsand threats,anticipatoryworry

    Serotonin

    High RD Sentimental,sociallysensitive,dependent,relies on socialapproval

    Norepinephrine

    High ST Fair,considerate,religious,decent

    Undefined

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    Future studies should examine the effects of

    the relationship between psoriasis and temper-

    ament and character properties on the treat-

    ment response in longitudinal designs, and

    should include larger number of participants in

    terms of age and gender.

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