title: Is the relationship between affective temperament and resilience different in depression cases with and without childhood trauma?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate if the relationship between affective temperament and resilience in major depression is different in cases with and without childhood trauma.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this purpose 100 cases with major depressive disorder (MDD) diagnosis according to DSM-IV were evaluated consecutively in their regular outpatient clinic follow-up interviews. Diagnostic interviews were done with SCID-I, affective temperament was evaluated with TEMPS-A (Evaluation of Temperament Memphis, Pisa, Paris and SanDiego-Autoquestionnaire) Temperament Questionnaire, resilience was evaluated with The Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA)-Turkish version. The presence of childhood trauma (CT) was determined by Early Trauma Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In MDD cases without CT a correlation was present between psychological resilience and hyperthymic temperament, while there was a correlation between psychological resilience and depressive temperament in cases with CT. The relationship between depressive temperament and psychological resilience in cases with CT was observed in the perception of self, family cohesion, and social resources dimensions of psychological resilience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In depression cases with and without childhood trauma, the relationship between temperament and resilience appears to be different. According to our results psychological resilience was associated with hyperthymic temperament in depressive cases without childhood trauma, while it was associated with depressive temperament in depressive cases with childhood trauma.
authors.affiliation: Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Electronic address: durugundogar2000@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Duru
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gündoğar
authors.affiliation: Erenköy Psychiatry Education and Research Hospital.
authors.forename: Sermin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kesebir
authors.affiliation: Erenköy Psychiatry Education and Research Hospital.
authors.forename: Arda Kazim
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Demirkan
authors.affiliation: Erenköy Psychiatry Education and Research Hospital.
authors.forename: Elif Tatlidil
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Yaylaci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013694:Temperament; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult