Examination of the relationship between skin picking behaviors and anxiety and obsessive compulsive symptoms i̇n young adults

Introduction and Aim: In excoriation disorder (DYD), the individual obsessively plucks his skin and makes it a serious skin problem. In the last 10-15 years, with the increasing clinical awareness of the disease and the studies on DID, DYD has been considered as a separate clinical picture for the first time in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5. Studies on DYD have high rates of comorbidity. In clinical studies, it has been reported that 57-100% of patients with excoriation disorder have at least one lifetime diagnosis of axis 1 disorder, with anxiety and depressive disorders being the most. Based on these findings, it was suggested that it might be more appropriate to conceptualize it as a nonspecific symptom of other psychiatric disorders rather than a separate disorder with an independent etiology. Method: The study was conducted online with 200 individuals between the ages of 18-30. The scales used in the study were "Personal Information Form", "State and Trait Anxiety Scale" to measure anxiety symptoms, "Padua Inventory" to measure obsessive-compulsive symptoms and "Sicking Picking Scale-Revised) to measure skin picking symptoms and severity. "Inventory was used. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between skin picking behaviors and anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. In addition, the relationship between excoriation symptoms and some sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, marital status, economic status, education level will be examined. Results: Of the participants in the study, 73.4% were female, 26.6% were male, 46.9% had previously received psychiatric or psychological support, 12.6% were diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, 30% were diagnosed with anxiety disorder, 55.6%. 64.3% had a traumatic event, 64.3% had a habit of plucking the skin, 16.4% automatically plucked the skin without being aware of it, 8.7% pulled it off in unhappy-tense-angry moments, 12.6% enjoyed plucking the skin regardless of mood. buying, aware but unable to stop himself, 26.6% sometimes unwittingly pulls his skin off automatically, sometimes he cannot stop himself consciously, 78.3% does not have a skin recipient in his family, 21.7% is in his family, 59.9% is in his family there is no obsessive-compulsive disorder or anxiety disorder, 40.1% have a family history. Scores of the Skin Picking Scale differ significantly according to the variable of the obsessive-compulsive diagnosis. The scores of the Skin Picking Scale differ significantly according to the diagnosis of anxiety disorder variable. Peeling Scale scores differ significantly according to the variable of diagnosis of obesive-compulsive or anxiety disorder. Padua Inventory scores differ significantly according to the plucking habit variable. State anxiety scores differ significantly according to the variable of picking habit. It was determined that the average scores of the Padua Inventory and the sub-dimension of Cleaning, Concerning, Impulses, Control, and Precision did not differ significantly according to the cause of picking. According to the analysis results of the participants, it was found that there was a moderate and positive relationship between the Exfoliating Scale and State Anxiety score. It was found that there was a moderate and positive correlation between the Peeling Scale and Trait Anxiety score. It was found that there was a moderate and positive relationship between the Peeling Scale and the Padua Inventory score. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, a significant relationship was found between skin picking behavior and anxiety. There is a significant relationship between skin picking behavior and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. There is a significant relationship between anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. There is a significant relationship between skin picking behavior and anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.