Childhood trauma and psychopathology among alcohol-dependent men: no interaction with temperament and character.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to evaluate possible interactions between childhood trauma, temperament, character, and psychopathology among alcohol-dependent men.


METHODS
Participants were 156 alcohol-dependent men consecutively admitted to a dependency treatment unit. The Childhood Abuse and Neglect Questionnaire, the Temperament and Character Inventory, and the Symptom Checklist-Revised were administered to all participants.


RESULTS
Childhood abuse and neglect did not have any effect on temperament and character scores in multivariate analysis. Whereas childhood abuse had a significant main effect on all types of clinical psychopathology except depression and psychoticism scores, childhood neglect only had a significant main effect on depression scores. There was no interaction between childhood abuse and neglect on these analyses.


CONCLUSIONS
Among alcohol-dependent men, childhood abuse and neglect contribute to general psychopathology through distinct clinical consequences, independently of temperamental and characterological features.
Evren
Cuneyt
C
Bakirkoy State Hospital for Mental Health and Neurological Disorders, Alcohol and Drug Research, Treatment and Training Center (AMATEM), Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. cuneytevren@yahoo.com
Sar
Vedat
V
Dalbudak
Ercan
E
Durkaya
Mine
M
Cetin
Rabia
R
Evren
Bilge
B
Cakmak
Duran
D
Ertem-Vehid
Hayriye
H
D000328:Adult; D054523:Adult Survivors of Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002605:Character; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament