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Personality Profiles of Trauma Survivors

Dean Lauterbach

Department of Psychology, Mark Jefferson Science Building, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, DeanLaut{at}online.emich.edu

Previous research has documented the high rate of comorbidity among persons diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The present study attempted to extend previous research by examining levels of personality disorders among those who do and those who do not have PTSD and among those who have experienced a substantially greater number of events. A profile analysis revealed that persons with PTSD differed from those without PTSD on profile elevation and shape. Those with PTSD had higher profiles overall and were significantly higher in levels of borderline, narcissistic, paranoid, passive-aggressive, self-defeating, and schizotypal personality. Those with PTSD were significantly higher on Cluster A and B personality disorders but did not differ on level of cluster C disorders. A parallel set of tests comparing those who had experienced a significant number of events (>5) with those who had experienced fewer events (1-5) revealed that profile of these two groups differed in elevation and parallelism. Those who had experienced more events had higher elevations overall and were significantly higher on levels of antisocial, borderline, and narcissistic personality.

Key Words: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder • Personality Disorders • Profile Analysis

Traumatology, Vol. 7, No. 1, 5-18 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/153476560100700102
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