The relationship between cognitive reappraisal strategy and skin picking behaviours in a non-clinical sample depends on personality profile

Publication date: Available online 11 April 2019Source: Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related DisordersAuthor(s): Joanna Kłosowska, Katarzyna Prochwicz, Alina Kałużna-WielobóbAbstractThe purposes of the present study were to: 1. examine the relationship between naturally occurring personality profiles and skin picking in a non-clinical sample; 2. verify whether personality patterns may interact with emotion regulation strategies in their effect on skin picking.The study sample consisted of 240 adults (207 women and 33 men; age M = 23.87; SD = 5.32). Variables were assessed using Temperament and Character Inventory, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Skin Picking Scale-Revised.The study identified three personality clusters. It was found out that individuals belonging to the cluster characterized by elevated Novelty Seeking (NS), elevated Harm Avoidance (HA), elevated Self-Transcendence (ST), average Reward Dependence (RD), decreased Persistence (P), decreased Self-Directedness (SD) and decreased Cooperativeness (CO) declared the highest level of skin picking behaviours. Moderation analyses revealed that cognitive reappraisal strategy was associated with a lower level of skin picking but only among individuals characterized by low NS and HA, as well as high RD, SD, C and ST.Results suggest that personality profile may constitute an important risk factor which underlies skin picking development and may change the effectiveness of applying emotion regulation ...
Source: Journal of Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research