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Relationship of Severity of ADHD Symptoms with the Presence of Psychological Trauma While Controlling the Effect of Impulsivity in a Sample of University Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

E. Dalbudak ,
C. Evren ,
B. Evren  and
S. Ozen
E. Dalbudak
Affiliation:
Private practice, Ankara, Turkey
C. Evren
Affiliation:
Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry Neurology and Neurosurgery, Research, Treatment and Training Center for Alcohol and Substance Dependence Amatem, Istanbul, Turkey
B. Evren
Affiliation:
Baltalimani State Hospital for Muskuloskeletal Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
S. Ozen
Affiliation:
Private practice, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

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Objective

The aim of the present study was to evaluate relationship of severity of ADHD symptoms with the presence of psychological trauma while controlling the effect of impulsivity in a sample of university students.

Method

Participants included 321 volunteered university students. Participants were evaluated with the Short Form Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11-SF), the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) and the Traumatic Experiences Checklist (TEC).

Results

Age and gender did not differed between those with the history of psychological trauma (n = 271, 84.4%) and those without (n = 50, 15.6%). BIS-11-SF and subscale scores did not differ between groups, other than motor impulsivity, which was higher among those with the history of psychological trauma. ASRS score, inattentiveness and hyperactivity/impulsivity subscale scores were higher among those with the history of psychological trauma than those without. Severity of ADHD symptoms, particularly inattentiveness score, predicted the presence of psychological trauma, together with the severity of motor and attentional impulsivities in a logistic regression model.

Conclusion

These findings suggest that the severity of ADHD symptoms may be related with the presence of psychological trauma, while severity of motor and attentional impulsivities may have an effect on this relationship among young adults.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster walk: Co-morbidity/dual pathologies and guidelines/Guidance – part 1
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S134
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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