TY - JOUR TI - Somatization Level Among PsychosomaticDermatology Patients: Relationship WithDyadic Adjustment, Gratitude, Forgiveness, andPerfectionism AB - Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the somatization level and dy adic adjustment, gratitude, forgiveness, and perfectionism in patients with psychosomatic dermato logic complaints. Methods: In this correlational survey study, participants were recruited using the purposive samplingmethod from patients with psychosomatic dermatologic complaints, who were 18 or older, married,and living in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Data were collected from patients diagnosed ashaving a dermatological disease with probable psychological etiology by a dermatologist at the der matology outpatient unit of Nicosia Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu Hospital during April-December 2018.The demographic information form, symptom checklist, dyadic adjustment scale, gratitude question naire, Heartland forgiveness scale, and almost perfect scale were administered to the participants. Results: In this study, female sex, low education level, being an immigrant, low dyadic adjustment,perfectionism with a high level of discrepancy, low forgiveness of self and situations, and low grati tude levels were found to be probable risk factors for somatization.Conclusion: During the psychiatric treatment of patients with somatic complaints, marital problems,forgiveness, and perfectionism with a high level of discrepancy should be considered. AU - CAKICI, EBRU AU - TAŞÇIOĞLU, Gönül AU - CİRHİNLİOĞLU, Fatma Gül DO - 10.5455/apd.113545 PY - 2021 JO - Alpha psychiatry (Online) VL - 22 IS - 3 SN - 2757-8038 SP - 165 EP - 170 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/479706 ER -