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Association between Satisfaction with Life and Personality Types A and D in Young Women with Acne Vulgaris

Renata SzygułaKarolina ChilickaEwa AdamczykAleksandra M. Rogowska

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Social inhibitionType A Behavior PatternHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesismedia_common.quotation_subjectsatisfaction with lifelcsh:MedicineDS14Framingham Type A ScalePersonal SatisfactionSWLSArticleNegative affectivityYoung Adult030207 dermatology & venereal diseases03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineAcne VulgarisHumansMedicinePersonality030212 general & internal medicineAcnemedia_commonbusiness.industryType D personalitylcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthLife satisfactionType A Personalitymedicine.diseaseType D personalityCross-Sectional StudiesMoodPersonality typeCase-Control StudiesFemalewomenbusinessPersonalityClinical psychology

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People with acne vulgaris report a lower level of satisfaction with life and are more frequently classified as having Type D personalities than those without acne. This research examined, for the first time, the moderating and mediating role of personality type in the relationship between acne severity and satisfaction with life. Among 300 female nursing and cosmetology students ranging in age from 19 to 24 years (M = 21.28, SD= 1.39), 150 individuals (50%) presented with symptoms of acne vulgaris (AV group), while the other 150 (50%) were categorized as controls without acne vulgaris (WAV sample). A cross-sectional study was conducted using three self-report questionnaires: The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Framingham Type A Scale (FTAS), and the Type D Scale (DS14). Acne vulgaris was clinically diagnosed using the Hellgren&ndash

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2020-11-17International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228524