ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021
Pathological Skin Picking: Phenomenology and Associations With Emotions, Self-Esteem, Body Image, and Subjective Physical Well-Being.
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- A randomized crossover trial with experience sampling to test placebo effects on pathological skin-picking.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Compulsive exercise in adults with trichotillomania and skin picking disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- Sexual functioning in trichotillomania and skin picking disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Comparison of Self-Reported and Performance-Based Emotional Granularity in Relation to Skin-Picking Behavior: An Experience Sampling Study.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Emotion recognition deficits in patients with skin picking disorder: the role of alexithymia while controlling depression, and anxiety levels.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Exploring skin picking disorder: aetiology, treatment, and future directions.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2024Review
- Patterns of Skin Picking in Skin Picking Disorder: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Body Perceptions and Psychological Well-Being: A Review of the Impact of Social Media and Physical Measurements on Self-Esteem and Mental Health with a Focus on Body Image Satisfaction and Its Relationship with Cultural and Gender Factors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Atypical cerebellar activity and connectivity during affective touch in adults with skin-picking disorder.Brain imaging and behavior · 2024Article
- Brain mechanisms for processing caress-like touch in skin-picking disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- Reduction of Pathological Skin-Picking Via Expressive Writing: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2023Article
- Appearance-related concerns in individuals with pathological skin picking-a comparison with individuals with dermatological conditions and skin-healthy controls.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Discriminative and Affective Processing of Touch: Associations with Severity of Skin-picking.Journal of nonverbal behavior · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pathological skin picking (PSP) refers to the repetitive manipulation of the skin causing wounds, scars, emotional distress, and social impairment. Skin picking disorder was first recognized as a distinct disorder in the DSM-5 and is still understudied in terms of phenomenology, etiology, and associated consequences. However, the body-related pathology suggests that the relation to the own body might be a crucial factor in PSP. Previous studies provided first insights that affected individuals show a more negative body image and lower self-esteem than healthy individuals. The present study sought to investigate skin picking phenomenology, related emotions as well as associations with self-esteem, body image, and subjective physical well-being. The study was conducted as an open online study, and recruitment was generally targeted to individuals of full age and in addition specifically to individuals with PSP. A total of 363 individuals (82.9% female; age:
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