Employing the questionnaire technique and control samples, Allerhand, Gough and Grais found a demonstrable relationship between certain personality factors and neurodermatitis. The questionnaire findings revealed the neurodermatitis patient to be 'a person who is somewhat tense and restless and unable to relax easily, who has strong needs for recognition and success, who prides himself on his own strength and vitality, who tends to be impatient and irritable and to see the demands of others as infringements and impositions'. Out of the one hundred and eight items comprising the questionnaire, the authors selected a group of twenty-six significant items and designated it the 'Neurodermatitis Scale'. By means of this scale, the neurodermatitis cases could be separated from the control cases with little overlap. The authors recommend the use of the scale as a preliminary device which needs further research for its validation and to establish its limitations.