The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of emotional regulation strategies, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics on the depressive symptomatology of psoriatic patients. Seventy-two patients of both sexes, aged between 18 and 78 years, participated in the study by accidental and convenience sampling criteria. We used a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire: The Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The logistic regression indicated that clinical characteristics (self-report degree’s disease) and the emotional suppression strategy were significant covariates for the prevalence of depressive symptoms in psoriatic patients. Thus, emotional suppression and perception of own disease severity were the most powerful correlates for depression. Finally, we believe that is important to highlight the need of developing psychological interventions with psoriatic patients. Besides, it is relevant to focus on the development of coping strategies facing the disease for increasing the quality of life of those patients.
Keywords:
psychodermatology, psoriasis, emotional regulation, depression, health psychology
Pereira Silva, B. F., & Faro, A. (2019). Emotional regulation and depressive symptoms in psoriatic patients. Revista De Psicología, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2019.55656
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