Stigma predicts health-related quality of life impairment, psychological distress, and somatic symptoms in acne sufferers

Jamie Davern; Aisling T. O’Donnell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205009

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Stigma predicts health-related quality of life impairment, psychological distress, and somatic symptoms in acne sufferers

Jamie Davern,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Centre for Social Issues Research, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9620-9236

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Aisling T. O’Donnell

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: aisling.odonnell@ul.ie

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Centre for Social Issues Research, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2103-4309

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Stigma predicts health-related quality of life impairment, psychological distress, and somatic symptoms in acne sufferers

Jamie Davern,
Aisling T. O’Donnell

Published: September 28, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205009

About the Authors

Jamie Davern

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Centre for Social Issues Research, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9620-9236

Aisling T. O’Donnell

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: aisling.odonnell@ul.ie

Affiliation Department of Psychology and Centre for Social Issues Research, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2103-4309

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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