title: [Adverse childhood experiences and their association to personality styles in a nonmelancholic depressive sample].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Do some life story patterns exist, which are associated with depression? Can some life story factors be identified, which influence or determine a special kind of personality, predisposing to depression?
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective, cross sectional study with nonexperimental character, using a number of 60 nonmelancholic depressed patients. First, they were asked to give an interview on their life story. Then, they were asked to fill in questionnaires about personality, parental style of raising, clinical symptoms and personality disorders.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant correlations could be found between parental style of raising, a family history affected by depression, a dysfunctional household, the family composition, negative school experience and all investigated styles of personality. Further, clusters of personality, clusters of parental style of raising and clusters of specific life story factors could be detected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results show a strong relation between life story factors and personality styles, predisposing to depression and emphasize the importance of considering personality, when exploring special life story factors. Vice versa, actual personality styles can point to different patterns of life story and thus, show the relevance for the diagnostic and therapeutic process.
authors.affiliation: AMEOS Klinik Bad Aussee Assoziiert an die Medizinische Universität Graz.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farar
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schüssler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002605:Character; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010553:Personality Development; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult