From: Clinical importance of personality difficulties: diagnostically sub-threshold personality disorders
 |  | No personality disorder | Personality difficulty | Simple personality disorder | Complex personality disorder | Pa | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of traumatic events in childhood | Â | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | Â |
0 | Â | 31 | 24.2 | 10 | 21.2 | 10 | 14.7 | 7 | 15.7 | <0.001 |
1 | Â | 23 | 18.0 | 8 | 17.0 | 8 | 11.8 | 8 | 10.5 | Â |
2-3 | Â | 35 | 27.3 | 14 | 29.8 | 14 | 20.6 | 15 | 19.7 | Â |
≥4 |  | 39 | 30.5 | 15 | 31.9 | 15 | 22.1 | 46 | 60.5 |  |
 |  | 128 | 100.0 | 47 | 100.0 | 68 | 100.0 | 76 | 100.0 |  |
Emotional neglectb | Yes | 23 | 7.6 | 7 | 2.3 | 12 | 4.0 | 29 | 9.6 | 0.003 |
No | 279 | 92.4 | 295 | 97.7 | 290 | 96.0 | 273 | 90.4 | Â | |
Physical abuseb | Yes | 16 | 5.2 | 4 | 1.3 | 9 | 2.9 | 21 | 6.8 | 0.011 |
No | 291 | 94.8 | 303 | 98.7 | 298 | 97.1 | 286 | 93.2 | Â | |
Sexual abuseb | Yes | 7 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.0 | 8 | 2.6 | 15 | 4.8 | 0.009 |
No | 305 | 97.8 | 209 | 99.0 | 304 | 97.4 | 297 | 95.2 | Â |