Effect Of Childhood Trauma And Parental Rearing Paerttens On Personality Among 290 Senior High Level School Students

Objective:To explore the effect of childhood trauma and parental rearing styles on senior high level students personality characteristics.Methods:A total of 290 students were assessed with EPQ, CTQ-SF and EMBU. To execute t-test between high-mark and low-mark groups of personality dimensions in the factor scores of childhood abuse and parental rearing patterns. Relevant analysis was carried out between the EPQ dimensions scores and the factor scores of CTQ-SF, EMBU. With EPQ dimensions as the dependent variable, and the CTQ-SF, EMBU factor scores for the independent variables, to conduct multiple stepwise regression analysis.Results:1.The general situation of personality characteristics, childhood trauma and parental rearing stylesPhysical abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, abuse total scores of males higher than females.Paternal punishment, strict, excessive interference, refuse, deny, over-protective scores of boys higher than girls. Father over-protective of young people was higher in rural areas than in urban.2. The relation between personality characteristics and childhood traumaThis study showed that emotional abuse, sexual abuse, abuse total scores of high-mark groups of EPQ-N were higher than those in low-mark groups. The high-mark groups of EPQ-P were higher than low-mark groups except physical abuse.Emotional abuse, sexual abuse, abuse total scores of high-mark groups of EPQ-L were lower than those in low-mark groups. The score of EPQ-N were positively correlated with the scores of emotional abuse, sexual abuse and abuse total, EPQ-P were positively correlated with all kinds of abuse. EPQ-L was negatively correlated with sexual abuse, emotional abuse, abuse total score. Correlations were different because of different gender, different growth environment. Correlations were different because of different gender, different growth environment.3. The relation between personality characteristics and parental rearing stylesTo paternal parental rearing styles, emotional warmth and understanding of low-mark group of EPQ-N and EPQ-P were higher than those in high-mark group, however punishment, strict, interference, refuse, deny, over-protection were lower compared with high-mark group. The high-mark groups of EPQ-E and EPQ-L were higher than those in low-mark groups at emotional warmth and understanding. To maternal parental rearing styles, the high-mark groups of EPQ-E were higher than low-mark groups at maternal emotional warmth and understanding, excessive interference, over-protection, preference. The excessive interference, over-protection, refuse, deny of high-mark groups of EPQ-N were higher than those in low-mark groups. The low-mark groups of EPQ-P were higher than that in high-mark groups at emotional warmth and understanding, however were lower at excessive interference, over-protection, refuse, deny, punishment, strict. The high-mark groups of EPQ-L were higher than low-mark groups at emotional warmth and understanding, however were lower at excessive interference, overprotection, refuse, deny.And EPQ-N and EPQ-P were positively correlated with punishment, strict, excessive-interference, over-protection, refuse, deny, but negatively correlated with parental emotional warmth and understanding.EPQ-E were positively correlated with parental emotional warmth and understanding, preference.EPQ-L was positively correlated with parental emotional warmth and understanding, however negatively correlated with, parental refuse and deny, maternal excessive interference and over-protection. Correlations were different because of different gender, different growth environment.4. The multiple stepwise regression analysis of childhood trauma and parental raring styles influencing personality characteristicsThe factor that entered into EPQ-E regression equation was father emotional warmth and understanding. Parental emotional warmth and understanding, emotional abuse, paternal over protection, maternal excessive interference and over-protection, physical abuse were the elements which went into EPQ-N regression equation. The factors that entered into EPQ-P regression equation were paternal emotional warmth and understanding, maternal refuse and deny, maternal excessive interference and over-protection, sexual abuse. Parental emotional warmth and understanding, Parental preference, maternal excessive interference and over-protection, sexual abuse, paternal punishment and strict were the elements which entered into EPQ-L regression equation. The factors entering personality regression equation were different because of different gender, different growth environment.Conclusions:1. To different gender and growth environment, childhood abuse and parental rearing patterns are different.2. Childhood abuse and have effects on the development of personality, maybe leading to neurotic, psychotics and lie characteristics.3. Parental rearing patterns influence the development of personality, emotional warmth and understanding make for extraversion. However punishment and strict, refuse and deny, preference are related with neurotic, psychotics and lie.4. Parental rearing patterns and childhood abuse both are the elements influencing personality. Childhood abuse and negative parenting methods can lead to emotional instability, unsociable and eccentric personality characteristics, but parental emotional warmth and understanding is conducive to extroversion characteristics.