Temperament according to Jan Strelau’s concept and posttraumatic stress disorder: current status and future perspectives on neurobiological studies

This paper reviews studies on the relationship between temperament according to Jan Strelau’s Regulative Theory of Temperament and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with an emphasis on the results of psychological and genetic research. All temperament traits proposed by the RTT show relationships to PTSD symptoms, which was confirmed in both cross-sectional and prospective studies. The heritability of temperament traits was demonstrated in...