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


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 < .001, p = .003, p = .001, p < .001 and p < .001, respectively). There were significantly positive correlations between the type D personality scores and BDI scores, emotional neglect, physical neglect, emotional abuse and childhood trauma total scores (p < .05, for all). Linear regression analyses showed that the significant and independent predictors of the score of DS-14 were total score of CTQ-28 and BDI score.


CONCLUSIONS
Childhood trauma may be associated with type D personality, and there is predictive value of the childhood trauma on the scores of type D personality.
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey kdrdmrc@yahoo.com.
Kadir
K
Demirci
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Turkey.
Mesut
M
Yıldız
School of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
Cansu
C
Selvi
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
Abdullah
A
Akpınar
D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D064415:Type D Personality; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
Childhood trauma; DS-14; type D personality