Relationship of Depression with Personality Traits and Coping Style in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders with a prevalence in the general population is three percent. The present study was correlational type. Statistical population of present study was all epilepsy patients of Esfahan city that 120 Temporal Lobe Epilepsy patients were selected as sample study in Alzahra hospital and epilepsy department of Masih. For data collection we used standard questionnaires. NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) (short form), The Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS; Endler & Parker, 1990, 1994, 1999) and The Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II) was used for data collection. Result showed significant relationship between depression and Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Emotion-oriented coping, Task oriented coping and Avoidance-oriented coping subscales. Avoidance-oriented coping has significant relationship with Neuroticism, Agreeableness and Extraversion subscales. Also, Task oriented coping showed significant relationship with Neuroticism and Agreeableness. Emotion-oriented coping has significant relationship with Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Extraversion and Openness to experience. Openness to experience has significant relationship with Neuroticism and Agreeableness. Extraversion showed significant relationship with Neuroticism and Agreeableness. Other results showed that Neuroticism, Agreeableness and Extraversion predicted 20, 33 and 41% of depression change, respectively.