Psychological resilience and impulsivity in trichotillomania and skin picking disorder (tur)

Objective: In this study, our aim is to compare patients diagnosed with skin picking disorder (SPD) and trichotillomania (TTM) with healthy controls in terms of psychological resilience and to examine the relationship between psychological resilience levels and impulsivity. Method: Patients diagnosed with SPD (n=43) and TTM (n=34) according to the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, and 46 age, gender and educa-tional status matched individuals as the control group were included in our study. A sociodemo-graphic data form, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI), Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS), and Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) were adminis-tered to the participants. Results: In the ANCOVA analysis performed by fixing depression and anxiety scores, TTM patients had significantly lower levels of psychological resilience compared to SPD patients and the control group (respectively p=0.002, p=0.001). There were significant negative correlation between the resilience of TTM patients and their depression and impulsivity scores (R-2=0.441, F=7.882, df=3, p=0.001). There was a significant negative correlation between resilience and depres-sion scores of patients with SPD (R-2=0.345, F=6.860, df=3, p=0.001). Conclusion: TTM patients had low levels of psychological resilience. Impulsivity and depression scores of TTM patients and depression scores of DYB patients negatively have affected on resilience levels. Improving of coping strategies with stress and enhancing support systems should be con-tained among therapeutic interventions since TTM and SPD patients have low psychological resilience levels.