Vulnerabilità psicosomatica: il prurito sine materia. Uno studio esplorativo sui correlati psicologici di 25 soggetti attraverso il Rorschach test

The aim of this paper is to investigate psychological correlates of a dermatological disorder which aetiology is almost unknown: this is the prurito sine-materia or idiopathic pruritus. We support that pruritus represents the somatic expression of a disease in vulnerable subjects lacking of psychological resources in coping with life in an adaptive way. We tried to find out if there were any personality differences, as revealed by the Rorschach Test, scored with the Exner Comprehensive System, between prurigo subjects coming from a Dermatological Clinic, and normative samples. The explorative study's first results highlight the presence of a vulnerable personality in specific areas: coping with stress, interpersonal relationship (in handling of hostility), and cognitive area.