The relationship between childhood trauma and type D personality in university students

Kadir Demirci, Mesut Yıldız, Cansu Selvi and Abdullah Akpınar

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2016, vol. 62, issue 6, 542-548

Abstract: Aim: There has been increasing evidence that childhood traumas are related to reduced health-related quality of life, neurobiological changes and long-term adverse effects, such as an increase in the likelihood of psychiatric disorders in adulthoods. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between childhood traumas and type D personality. Subjects and methods: In total, 187 university students (64 males and 123 females; mean age = 21.69 ± 2.00) were included in the study. All participants were evaluated using the Type D Personality Scale (DS-14), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The participants were divided into the two groups according to the presence of type D personality. Then, statistical analyses were performed. Results: The frequency of type D personality in participants was 43.3% ( n  = 81). The emotional neglect, physical neglect, emotional abuse component of the CTQ-28, total CTQ-28 scores and BDI scores were higher in the group with type D personality than in the group without type D personality ( p  

Keywords: Childhood trauma; type D personality; DS-14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764016653774

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