Clarke, E.N. orcid.org/0000-0002-7230-958X, Thompson, A.R. and Norman, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-5892-0470 (2020) Depression in people with skin conditions: The effects of disgust and self‐compassion. British Journal of Health Psychology, 25 (3). pp. 540-557. ISSN 1359-107X
Abstract
Objectives Skin conditions can be accompanied by significant levels of depression; there is therefore a need to identify the associated psychological factors to assist with the development of appropriate interventions. This study sought to examine the effects of disgust propensity, disgust sensitivity, self‐focused/ruminative disgust, and self‐compassion on depression in people with skin conditions.
Design A cross‐sectional survey with follow‐up survey.
Methods Dermatology outpatients (N = 147) completed self‐report measures of disgust traits, self‐compassion, and depression. At three‐month follow‐up, participants (N = 80) completed the depression measure again.
Results Multiple regression analyses revealed that disgust propensity, disgust sensitivity, self‐focused/ruminative disgust, and self‐compassion each explained significant amounts of variance in baseline depression. Self‐compassion also explained a significant amount of variance in depression at follow‐up, after accounting for baseline depression. In addition, self‐compassion moderated the effect of disgust propensity on depression at baseline, such that at high levels of self‐compassion, disgust propensity no longer had a positive relationship with depression.
Conclusions Disgust traits contribute to depression in people with skin conditions, while being self‐compassionate may be protective against depression. High self‐compassion also buffers the effects of disgust propensity on depression in people with skin conditions. The findings indicate the potential of compassion‐focused interventions for depression in people with skin conditions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. British Journal of Health Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | depression; dermatology; disgust; psychodermatology; self‐compassion |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2020 16:29 |
Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2021 12:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/bjhp.12421 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:161065 |