%0 Journal Article %T Psychological assessment of women with Acne Vulgaris %J Iranian Journal of Dermatology %I Iranian Society of Dermatology %Z 2717-0721 %A Heydari Seradj, M %A Naderi, N %A Naderi, E %A Seyf Naraghi, M %D 2001 %\ 04/01/2001 %V 4 %N 3 %P 30-37 %! Psychological assessment of women with Acne Vulgaris %K Acne Vulgaris %K Mini-Mult test %K personality characteristics %R %X Background: Studies investigating the possible role of personality and emotional factors in acne vulgaris patients have yielded inconsistent and sometimes contradictory results. Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess personality and psychological functioning in women with acne vulgaris and compare them with normal women. Patients and Methods: Forty-seven consecutive female patients aged 15-30 years with acne vulgaris attending a clinic in west of Tehran during January and February 2000 were assessed using the Mini-Mult test, a shortened version of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The results were analyzed using student’s t test. Results: The mean hypochondriasis scale score was greater in the study group in comparison to normal women (P<0.02). The mean depression and psychoasthenia scale scores were greater in patients younger than 22 years in comparison to those 22 years or older (Respectively, P<0.05 and P<0.005). The mean paranoia scale score was smaller in those patients who were treated for acne vulgaris 3 or more times in the past in comparison to those who were treated less than 3 times (P<0.05). Conclusion: Women aged 15-30 years with acne vulgaris used the disease as a tool to attract others attention. Anxiety and depressin were more common in female patients younger than 22 years. Those patients who were treated for acne vulgaris 3 or more times in the past were tough-minded persons who refused to accept others recommendations. %U https://www.iranjd.ir/article_98428_6047eac68ce1575144da84d932d72f5a.pdf