Childhood Traumas, Emotional Differences and Resilience as Predictives of Interpersonal Problems

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the predictive role of childhood traumas, emotional regulation difficulties and psychological resilience in interpersonal problems in a non clinical adult sample. The sample group consists of 423 participants. The age range of 313 female and 110 male participants is 18-60 years old. Data was collected using Childhood Traumas Scale (CTS-33), Interpersonal Problems Inventory (IPI), Emotion Regulation Difficulty Scale-Short Form (ERDS-16), Short Psychological Resilience Scale (SPRS) and the Sociodemographic Data Form. The predictors of the variables were made using multiple regression and simple regression analyses. According to the results of the analysis, childhood traumas explain 20.9% of the variance, emotional dysregulation explains 39% of the variance and psychological resilience explains 01.0% of the variance in the predictor of interpersonal problems. In the predictor of interpersonal problems respectively, childhood traumas were classified as emotional abuse, emotional neglect, sexual abuse and physical neglect. Emotion regulation difficulties are listed as openness, rejection, and strategies. The findings of the study will contribute to the psychoeducation and health policies to be carried out in the healthy population in addition to the therapeutic process in clinical studies.