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Psychological impacts of Vitiligo have been demonstrated, and associations of the skin disease with anxiety and
depression disorders have already been shown. However, it is still unclear the role of individuals’ personality
factors, such as neuroticism, stress, and rumination, as well as sociodemographic characteristics of people with
Vitiligo in such disorders. We conducted a study in a community sample of individuals with Vitiligo (N = 324)
aiming to test the hypothesis that neuroticism, stress, and rumination are subjacent to these individuals’ anxiety
and depression symptomatology. We also explored whether individuals’ gender might favor the onset or wors-
ening of the psychological consequences of such disorders. Results showed that the relationship between
neuroticism, anxiety and depression was mediated by stress and rumination (brooding), being this effect
moderated by the participants’ gender. Specifically, women’s reflection and stress seemed to be important
mechanisms to predict their anxiety and depression symptoms, whereas brooding predicts such disorders’
symptomatology in men with Vitiligo. These findings may guide future research and clinical interventions for
this population, for which it is necessary to consider the psychological consequences of the disease and not just
its physiological aspects.
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Vitiligo Neuroticism Rumination Anxiety Depressio
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Citation
Bu, E. A. Do, Santos, V. M. dos, Lima, K. S., Pereira, C. R., Alexandre, M. E. S. de, Bezerra, V. A. Dos S. (2022). Neuroticism, stress, and rumination in anxiety and depression of people with Vitiligo: An explanatory model. Acta Psychologica, Vol. 27, art. 103613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103613.