Research Article

Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students

Volume: 11 Number: 62 September 27, 2021
  • Eda Ermağan-çağlar
  • Erdinç Öztürk
  • Görkem Derin
  • Tuğba Türk-kurtça
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Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the predictive role of childhood traumas on self-harming behaviours, depression, psychoform, and somatoform dissociation in female university students. This study was conducted with 314 female university students. It was evaluated that the differentiation of psychoform dissociation as an independent variable, varied based on negative or positive taxonomy in terms of dependent variables as well as the predictive effect of childhood traumas. It was found that childhood trauma predicted psychoform dissociation experienced in adulthood, and emotional abuse predicted amnestic dissociation, absorption and psychoform dissociation. The findings of the study differed from other studies, especially with clinical samples, and childhood traumas were positively correlated with psychoform dissociation and negatively associated with somatoform dissociation. The findings also emphasise the importance of certain correlations between childhood trauma and self-harming behaviours in a non-clinical sample group, such as female university students, as well as clinical samples.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Psychology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Eda Ermağan-çağlar This is me
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti

Erdinç Öztürk This is me
Türkiye

Görkem Derin This is me
Türkiye

Tuğba Türk-kurtça This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 27, 2021

Submission Date

January 31, 2021

Acceptance Date

September 24, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 11 Number: 62

APA
Ermağan-çağlar, E., Öztürk, E., Derin, G., & Türk-kurtça, T. (2021). Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, 11(62), 383-402. https://doi.org/10.17066/tpdrd.1001718
AMA
1.Ermağan-çağlar E, Öztürk E, Derin G, Türk-kurtça T. Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal. 2021;11(62):383-402. doi:10.17066/tpdrd.1001718
Chicago
Ermağan-çağlar, Eda, Erdinç Öztürk, Görkem Derin, and Tuğba Türk-kurtça. 2021. “Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 11 (62): 383-402. https://doi.org/10.17066/tpdrd.1001718.
EndNote
Ermağan-çağlar E, Öztürk E, Derin G, Türk-kurtça T (September 1, 2021) Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 11 62 383–402.
IEEE
[1]E. Ermağan-çağlar, E. Öztürk, G. Derin, and T. Türk-kurtça, “Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students”, Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, vol. 11, no. 62, pp. 383–402, Sept. 2021, doi: 10.17066/tpdrd.1001718.
ISNAD
Ermağan-çağlar, Eda - Öztürk, Erdinç - Derin, Görkem - Türk-kurtça, Tuğba. “Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal 11/62 (September 1, 2021): 383-402. https://doi.org/10.17066/tpdrd.1001718.
JAMA
1.Ermağan-çağlar E, Öztürk E, Derin G, Türk-kurtça T. Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal. 2021;11:383–402.
MLA
Ermağan-çağlar, Eda, et al. “Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students”. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, vol. 11, no. 62, Sept. 2021, pp. 383-02, doi:10.17066/tpdrd.1001718.
Vancouver
1.Eda Ermağan-çağlar, Erdinç Öztürk, Görkem Derin, Tuğba Türk-kurtça. Investigation of the Relationship Among Childhood Traumas and Self-Harming Behaviours, Depression, Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in Female University Students. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal. 2021 Sep. 1;11(62):383-402. doi:10.17066/tpdrd.1001718

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