title: Childhood trauma and psychopathology among alcohol-dependent men: no interaction with temperament and character.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Cuneyt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Evren
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sar
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dalbudak
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durkaya
authors.forename: Rabia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: Bilge
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Evren
authors.forename: Duran
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cakmak
authors.forename: Hayriye
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ertem-Vehid
mesh_terms: 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