Effect of childhood abuse on coping style and social support of recruits

Objective To study the influence of childhood abuse on coping styles and social support of recruits. Methods 505 recruits were assessed with Childhood Trauma Questionnaire( CTQ), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire( SCSQ) and Social Support Rating Scale( SSRS). Results The coping styles and social support in recruits with childhood abuse were significantly different from those in recruits without childhood abuse( P 0. 05). Total score of CTQ and factor scores of childhood emotional abuse,emotional neglect,physical neglect were significantly negatively correlated with factor score of positive coping in SCSQ( P 0. 01). Total score of CTQ and factor scores of childhood emotional abuse,emotional neglect,sexual sadism,physical abuse,physical neglect were significantly positively correlated with factor score of negative coping in SCSQ( P 0. 05 or 0. 01). Total score of CTQ and factor scores of childhood emotional abuse,emotional neglect,physical abuse,physical neglect were significantly negatively correlated with total score of SSRS and factor score of objective support,support availability in SSRS( P 0. 01). Total score of CTQ and factor scores of childhood emotional abuse,emotional neglect,sexual sadism,physical abuse, physical neglect were significantly negatively correlated with factor score of subjective support in SSRS( P 0. 05 or 0. 01). Factor scores of emotional neglect and physical neglect in CTQ were significantly negatively correlated with factor score of positive coping in SCSQ( P = 0. 000,0. 003 respectively). Total score of CTQ and the factor score of emotional abuse were significantly positively correlated with factor score of negative coping in SCSQ( P = 0. 032,0. 026 respectively),and were significantly negatively correlated with total score of SSRS( P = 0. 000,0. 011 respectively). Conclusion The recruits who experienced childhood abuse tends to take negative coping styles and have less social support.