Journal
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
Volume 25, Issue 9, Pages 742-751Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/da.20316
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive symptoms; childhood trauma; neglect; abuse; personality traits; AEO-PI-R; CTQ; LOI
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- [MH-64122]
- [RR15533]
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES [K23RR015533] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [K24MH064122] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Childhood trauma is known to predispose to a variety of psychiatric disorders, including mood, anxiety, eating, and personality disorders. However; the relationship between childhood trauma and obvessive-compulsive symptoms has not been well studied. This study examines the relationship between childhood trauma, personality facets, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in 938 college students using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Leyton Obsessional Inventory, and the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised. Between 13 and 30% of subjects met criteria for childhood trauma, with emotional neglect the most commonly reponed experience. There was a small but significant association between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and childhood trauma, specifically emotional abuse and physical neglect, all of which was accounted for by co-occurring anxiety symptoms. An independent association was also seen between emotional abuse, physical abuse, and high levels of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (probable obsessive-compulsive disorder), which remained significant in the context of co-occurring anxiety symptoms. A similar association was seen between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and conscientiousness, and between emotional neglect and sexual abuse and conscieutiousness, suggesting that an indirect role for childhood trauma in the development of obsessive-compulsive symptoms may also exist.
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