Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars
(1) Background: Scars are the consequence of physiological inherent healing processes of post-traumatic and surgical lesions with a psychological impact. Post-traumatic scarring may induce emotional and behavioral changes through social stigma. In this study we analyze the internalization of scars a...
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| author | Gabriel Mihai Mekeres Florica Voiţă-Mekereş Cristina Tudoran Camelia Liana Buhaş Mariana Tudoran Mariana Racoviţă Nuţu Cristian Voiţă Nicolae Ovidiu Pop Mihai Marian |
| author_facet | Gabriel Mihai Mekeres Florica Voiţă-Mekereş Cristina Tudoran Camelia Liana Buhaş Mariana Tudoran Mariana Racoviţă Nuţu Cristian Voiţă Nicolae Ovidiu Pop Mihai Marian |
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| description | (1) Background: Scars are the consequence of physiological inherent healing processes of post-traumatic and surgical lesions with a psychological impact. Post-traumatic scarring may induce emotional and behavioral changes through social stigma. In this study we analyze the internalization of scars and their impact on hopelessness, depression, or the perception of social support in subjects with post-traumatic scars compared to people with surgical scars. (2) Methods: to research this suggested model, we analyzed data collected from 110 participants 61 women and 49 men, aged between 18 and 64 years; 55 participants had post-traumatically and 55 surgically acquired scars. They all were examined to assess the characteristics of scars, were asked to complete four psycho-social scales, and the results were compared. (3) Results: our results indicate that people with post-traumatic scars are oriented toward the internalization of scars, depending on their shape and size. We argue that hopelessness, appreciation of scars, age, and how scars are produced are important predictors of internalization. (4) Conclusions: the patient’s attitude toward the appearance of a scar is an indicator of how he/she will react in the future and it could predict the vulnerability to hopelessness. Finally, we nuance the impact of objective bodily harm on the psychological and moral suffering. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b16265b3e7544768f5c75ecbdf23ff02023-11-24T01:23:19ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-03-0110355010.3390/healthcare10030550Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical ScarsGabriel Mihai Mekeres0Florica Voiţă-Mekereş1Cristina Tudoran2Camelia Liana Buhaş3Mariana Tudoran4Mariana Racoviţă5Nuţu Cristian Voiţă6Nicolae Ovidiu Pop7Mihai Marian8Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Universitatii Street Nr. 1, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaDepartment of Morphological Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 1 Universitatii Street, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaDepartment VII, Internal Medicine II, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Timisoara, E. Murgu Square, Nr. 2, 300041 Timisoara, RomaniaCounty Clinical Emergency Hospital of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaDepartment VII, Internal Medicine II, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Victor Babes” Timisoara, E. Murgu Square, Nr. 2, 300041 Timisoara, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Universitatii Street Nr. 1, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Universitatii Street Nr. 1, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaDepartment of Surgical, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 1 Universitatii Street, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaPsychology Department, Faculty of Socio-Humanistic Sciences, University of Oradea, 1 Universitatii Street, No. 3, 410087 Oradea, Romania(1) Background: Scars are the consequence of physiological inherent healing processes of post-traumatic and surgical lesions with a psychological impact. Post-traumatic scarring may induce emotional and behavioral changes through social stigma. In this study we analyze the internalization of scars and their impact on hopelessness, depression, or the perception of social support in subjects with post-traumatic scars compared to people with surgical scars. (2) Methods: to research this suggested model, we analyzed data collected from 110 participants 61 women and 49 men, aged between 18 and 64 years; 55 participants had post-traumatically and 55 surgically acquired scars. They all were examined to assess the characteristics of scars, were asked to complete four psycho-social scales, and the results were compared. (3) Results: our results indicate that people with post-traumatic scars are oriented toward the internalization of scars, depending on their shape and size. We argue that hopelessness, appreciation of scars, age, and how scars are produced are important predictors of internalization. (4) Conclusions: the patient’s attitude toward the appearance of a scar is an indicator of how he/she will react in the future and it could predict the vulnerability to hopelessness. Finally, we nuance the impact of objective bodily harm on the psychological and moral suffering.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/3/550scarsmental sufferinginternalizationpsychometric methods |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel Mihai Mekeres Florica Voiţă-Mekereş Cristina Tudoran Camelia Liana Buhaş Mariana Tudoran Mariana Racoviţă Nuţu Cristian Voiţă Nicolae Ovidiu Pop Mihai Marian Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars Healthcare scars mental suffering internalization psychometric methods |
| title | Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars |
| title_full | Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars |
| title_fullStr | Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars |
| title_short | Predictors for Estimating Scars’ Internalization in Victims with Post-Traumatic Scars versus Patients with Postsurgical Scars |
| title_sort | predictors for estimating scars internalization in victims with post traumatic scars versus patients with postsurgical scars |
| topic | scars mental suffering internalization psychometric methods |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/3/550 |
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