Exploring Personality Traits Associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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https://doi.org/10.16947/fsmia.1722309Keywords:
Post-traumatic stress disorder, personalityAbstract
The primary aim of this study was to conduct a scoping review of studies
investigating personality traits associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
For this purpose, studies published between 2016 and 2024 were scanned in databases
such as “Science Direct,” “Medline”, “Scopus”, “Web of Science”, and “PubMed”. The
keywords determined were “(PTSD) AND (personality)” and “(TSSB) AND (kişilik)”. As
a result of the scanning, 57 studies were included in this review. The studies that explored
the relationship between PTSD and neuroticism, which is a feature closely linked to
pathological personality inclinations, consistently concluded that PTSD was positively
correlated with neuroticism. The examined research results consistently revealed
that a variety of trans-diagnostic pathological personality features related to different
personality disorders were positively associated with PTSD, rather than pointing out a
relationship between a specific personality disorder and PTSD. Regarding these results,
it would be argued that all pathological personality features constitute a risk factor for
the development of PTSD. The majority of these pathological personality traits are also
covered by borderline and psychotic personality organizations from the Psychodynamic
perspective. It was thought that it would be beneficial for future research to explore the
relationship between borderline-psychotic personality organizations and PTSD. The
number of studies on personality traits such as temperament, emotional intelligence, etc.,
is very limited, and it is recommended to increase the number of studies investigating the
relationship between different personality features and PTSD in the future.
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