{
  "creator": [
    "Mehrmann, Linda Marlen",
    "Urban, Alice",
    "Gerlach, Alexander Leopold"
  ],
  "date": [
    "2020-12-23"
  ],
  "description": [
    "Background: Skin Picking Disorder (SPD) is a new diagnosis with limited information available about triggers of picking episodes. Itch can be induced via audio-visual stimuli and the effect of contagious itch is stronger for those affected by atopic dermatitis. We examined if picking-related visual stimuli can trigger the urge to pick skin in self-reported SPD. We compared itch and the urge to pick in a sample of AD and/or SPD-affected to controls without either. Method: Urge to pick skin and/or scratch when viewing 24 itch-related, picking-related or neutral online pictures was assessed in adult females, who self-report skin-picking (SPD-only, n = 147) and/or atopic dermatitis (AD-only, n = 47; AD+SPD, n = 46) as well as in skin healthy controls (HC, n = 361). Results: All participants reported a stronger urge to pick for picking-related pictures compared to neutral content (F[1, 597] = 533.96, p < .001, ηp2 = .472) and more itch for itch-related pictures compared to neutral stimuli (F[1, 597] = 518.73, p < .001, ηp2 = .465). SPD-all (SPD-only & AD+SPD) reported stronger urges to pick for picking-related vs. other stimuli compared to the AD-only and HC group (p < .001, ηp2 = .047). Likewise, AD-all (AD-only & AD+SPD) reported significantly stronger itching for itch-related vs. other stimuli compared to SPD-only and HC (p = .001, ηp2 = .019). Conclusions: Analog to visual provocation of itch, the urge to pick can be triggered by visual stimuli. Treatments for SPD and AD may profit from addressing visual stimuli."
  ],
  "format": [
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    "text/xml"
  ],
  "identifier": [
    "https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2931",
    "10.32872/cpe.v2i4.2931"
  ],
  "language": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "publisher": [
    "PsychOpen GOLD / Leibniz Institut for Psychology (ZPID)"
  ],
  "relation": [
    "https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2931/2931.pdf",
    "https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2931/2931.html",
    "https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/2931/2931.xml"
  ],
  "rights": [
    "Copyright (c) 2020 Linda Marlen Mehrmann, Alice Urban, Alexander Leopold Gerlach",
    "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
  ],
  "source": [
    "Clinical Psychology in Europe; Vol. 2 No. 4 (2020); 1-19",
    "2625-3410",
    "10.32872/cpe.v2i4"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "skin picking",
    "excoriation disorder",
    "body-focused repetitive behaviors",
    "contagious itch",
    "visual stimuli"
  ],
  "title": [
    "Visual Triggers of Skin Picking Episodes: An Experimental Study in Self-Reported Skin Picking Disorder and Atopic Dermatitis"
  ],
  "type": [
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/article",
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"
  ]
}