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- Title
Does childhood trauma cause personality disorders in adults?
- Authors
Paris, Joel; Paris, J
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To examine the relationship between trauma in childhood and personality disorders in adulthood.<bold>Method: </bold>A review of the literature was conducted.<bold>Results: </bold>The reported associations between trauma and personality pathology are illuminated by the following research findings: 1) personality is heritable; 2) only a minority of patients with severe personality disorders report childhood trauma; and 3) children are generally resilient, and traumatic experiences do not consistently lead to psychopathology.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The role of trauma in the personality disorders is best understood in the context of gene-environment interactions.
- Subjects
EMOTIONAL trauma in children; PERSONALITY disorders; CHILD psychopathology; PERSONALITY; GENOTYPE-environment interaction; ANTISOCIAL personality disorders; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; CHILD abuse &; psychology; BORDERLINE personality disorder; FAMILY health; LIFE change events; PERSONALITY development; RETROSPECTIVE studies
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1998, Vol 43, Issue 2, p148
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/070674379804300203