Persönlichkeitsfunktionsniveau, maladaptive Traits und Kindheitstraumata

Back, Sarah N.; Zettl, Max; Bertsch, Katja und Taubner, Svenja (2020): Persönlichkeitsfunktionsniveau, maladaptive Traits und Kindheitstraumata. In: Psychotherapeut, Bd. 65, Nr. 5: S. 374-382

Abstract

Childhood trauma is an important risk factor for the development of personality disorders (PD) but the empirical evidence on the differential associations is inconsistent and heterogeneous. There is also a lack of studies on trauma and dimensional measures of PD, despite the inclusion in the current diagnostic manuals. The present study investigated the relationship between self-reported forms of childhood trauma, personality functioning (criterion A) and maladaptive traits (criterion B) using structural equation models in a sample of young adults (n= 473). All associations between childhood trauma, criterion A and criterion B were significant. The severity of personality impairment (criterion A) was more strongly associated with traumatic experiences than with specific maladaptive traits (criterion B), where the strongest associations were shown in the personality domain "withdrawnness". The association between detachment and childhood trauma was highest within criterion B. Antagonism and disinhibition were mostly associated with physical and sexual abuse, whilst negative affectivity, detachment and psychoticism were mostly associated with emotional trauma and neglect. The results show that levels of functioning and traits are differentially linked to retrospective reports of trauma, underlining the relevance of dimensional models of PD for a better understanding of the association between childhood trauma and personality pathologies.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Psychologie und Pädagogik > Department Psychologie
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
• ISSN: 0935-6185
• Sprache: Deutsch