Affective and Emotional Temperament in Trauma-Exposed Women With and Without Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Intimate Partner Violence

Objective: The present study was carried out to compare emotional and affective temperament in trauma-exposed women with and without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following intimate partner violence. Method: 195 trauma-exposed women with and without PTSD participated in the study, and completed the Affective and Emotional Composite Temperament Scale (AFECTS). Collected data were analyzed using Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA). Results: Results revealed that the mean scores of the group with PTSD were significantly higher than the group without PTSD in the overall scores of affective temperament including Depressive, Anxious, Apathetic, Cyclothymic, Dysphoric, Volatile, Obsessive, Euthymic, Disinhibited, Euphoric and also the emotional temperament including Anger and Sensitivity. Conclusion: Findings suggest that emotional and affective temperament can increase the risk of developing PTSD following exposure to intimate partner violence.