Impact of Socio-demographic Factors on Childhood Trauma, Aggression, Self-harm, and Personality Traits among Tribal Young Adults in Tripura

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DOI: hhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19468617

Rebeka Debbarma¹, Florence Guite², and Pankaj Sharma³ (Department of Psychology, Central University of Punjab^1,3 and
Department of Library Sciences, Central University of Punjab²)

The present study seeks to examine the influence of socio-demographic variables on childhood trauma, aggression, self-harm and personality among the young Bru tribal community. The existing literature highlights the prevalence of childhood trauma in India, but the research highlighting the association of socio-demographic factors with the psychological variables is limited, especially for particularly vulnerable tribes that suffer the structural disadvantages, poverty, marginalization, and insecurities. In order to address this gap, the present study was conducted with 187 (117 males & 53 females) young Bru community. The sample was collected through a multistage sampling technique from the Gomati district of Tripura. The psychological variables were measured using theSelf-Harm Inventory (Sansone, Wiederman, & Sansone, 1998), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-SFBernstein & Fink, 1998), NEO-Five Factor Inventory(Costa & McCrae, 1992), and Bush and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ: Buss & Perry, 1992), along with the socio-demographic profile. The findings of the present study reveal that the only demographic variable that impacts childhood trauma, aggression, self-harm, extraversion, and agreeableness, as personality dimensions, is education. Other socio-demographic variables do not show any association with the aforementioned psychological variables. Therefore, the present study highlights the power of education to mitigate prevailing disparities and foster individuals’ mental health.