Childhood Traumas, and Personality Beliefs and Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Relationship Between Childhood Traumas, and Personality Beliefs and Emotional Intelligence Abilities in University Students: A Cross-sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05847335
• Other study ID #: Sultan Abdulhamid Khan TRH
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 14, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 14, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this clinical study is to show the effects of childhood traumas on emotional intelligence levels and personality beliefs in university students. The key questions it aims to answer are:

Do childhood traumas have an effect on emotional intelligence levels? Do childhood traumas have an effect on personality beliefs? Do emotional intelligence levels have an effect on personality beliefs? A socio-demographic data form, childhood trauma scale, Bar-On emotional intelligence scale and personality beliefs scale will be administered to the participants.

Researchers will compare Group 1 of those with childhood trauma to Group 2 of those without childhood trauma to see the impact of childhood trauma.

Description:

Most of the people are faced with the facts such as more or less stressful factors or some of their wishes are not met during their childhood, and these experiences do not turn into a trauma under normal conditions. However, the severity of the stressful event experienced, the age and self-power of the traumatized individual, and the inconvenience of the family and environmental conditions can turn such experiences into a traumatic process and have psychological consequences that will affect the whole life.

Childhood trauma is defined as the exposure of children to attitudes and behaviors that hinder their physical, emotional, mental or social development and harm their health, by their parents or persons responsible for caring for and educating them, or by strangers. Child neglect and abuse is a health problem that impairs the health and well-being of children and leaves permanent scars throughout their lives.

Although structural biological factors are effective at a certain level in the formation of personality, the character dimension of the personality shaped by psychosocial effects is at least as important as the biological dimension. Among the factors that play a role in the formation of personality disorders, dysfunctional beliefs of the person also play a role. Each personality disorder has its own dysfunctional beliefs. These beliefs are shaped by personality development.

Emotional intelligence is defined as the index of personal, emotional and social competences and skills that will help the individual to cope successfully with the pressure and demands of the environment. In other words, emotional intelligence is the ability of an individual to know himself, to control and motivate himself, to postpone his wishes, to control his emotional changes, to resist obstacles, to approach other people with understanding, to sense their deepest feelings, to establish and maintain effective relationships, and learnable psychological and social skills. . Thanks to these skills, people can maximize their success and satisfaction in life.

Traumatic events experienced in childhood can also affect the personality development of the individual and his emotional reactions to the events he has experienced.

In this study, the significant differences results have been obtained in emotional intelligence levels such as avoidant, dependent-passive-aggressive, antisocial, histrionic, schizoid, paranoid and borderline personality belief levels, and intrapersonal, interpersonal, adaptability, stress management and general mood in those with childhood traumas compared to those without childhood traumas. Moderately reliable results were found between childhood traumas levels, personality beliefs, and emotional intelligence levels. Reliable results could not be obtained between obsessive personality beliefs and emotional intelligence levels.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 495
• Est. completion date: July 14, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: October 14, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Those who volunteered to participate in the study,

2. Those who have no problem reading and understanding the semi-structured sociodemographic data form, Childhood Trauma scale, Personality Beliefs questionnaire, and Emotional Intelligence scale,

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Those with any systemic disease,

2. Those who took chronic medication up to two months ago,

3. Those with psychiatric disorders who cannot read and fill the semi-structured sociodemographic data form, Childhood Trauma scale, Personality Beliefs questionnaire, and Emotional Intelligence scale,

4. Those with chronic psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia,

5. Those with comorbid psychiatric illness.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emotional Intelligence
• University Students
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Survey work
Childhood Trauma scale, Personality Beliefs questionnaire, Emotional Intelligence scale

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Health Sciences University Sultan 2. Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital	Üsküdar	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Personality Beliefs Scale - Short Form (PBQ-SF)	The Personality Beliefs Scale was developed by Beck et al. To identify core beliefs about self, other people, and the world, based on cognitive theory and clinical observations, for use in DSM-IV Axis-II personality disorders. Each question in the form addresses avoidant, dependent, passive-aggressive, obsessive-compulsive, antisocial, narcissistic, histrionic, schizoid, and paranoid attitudes and beliefs corresponding to each personality disorder in the DSM, and contains a total of 65 items. Items 64 and 65 were excluded from the assessment of the test. After reading the statements in each item, participants mark how much they agree with them from zero (I do not believe at all) to four (I completely believe). Turkish validity and reliability study was done by Taymur et al. While the total Cronbach reliability coefficient of the scale is 0.92, the reliability coefficients of the subscales range from 0.61 to 0.85.	Three months
Other	Emotional Intelligence Scale	The emotional intelligence (EI) scale, developed by Bar-On, is a likert-type scale consisting of 87 items. Ratings are as follows: 1: totally agree, 2: agree, 3: undecided, 4: disagree, and 5: strongly disagree. The 88th item on the scale reads "I answered the above statements sincerely and correctly." The questionnaires of those who respond to that statement with "strongly agree" are not taken into consideration. The scale evaluates five sub-dimensions of emotional intelligence: personal skills; interpersonal skills; compatibility; coping with stress; general mood. The Turkish adaptation of the scale was carried out by Acar, and the Cronbach alpha coefficient was found to be 0.92 for the total dimensions of the scale. The low scores obtained from the total scale and its sub-dimensions indicate a high EI.	Three months
Primary	Socio-demographic data	This was thrived by the researcher to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants (e.g., gender, age, class, region of residence, income status, place of residence, etc.) in accordance with the purpose of the study.	Three months
Secondary	Childhood Trauma Scale	Bernstein et al. developed a scale consisting of 28 items, with a total score comprised of five sub-scales measuring sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, and physical and emotional neglect during childhood, as well as combinations thereof. In the original study, Cronbach's alpha values ranged from 0.79 to 0.94. Sar et al. conducted a Turkish validity and reliability study of the scale. In the current study, Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficients of the sub-dimensions were found to range between 0.64 and 0.87.	Three months