Table 4 Partial correlation coefficients* between TCI temperaments and characters and different types of childhood maltreatments after adjustment on age and gender

Emotional neglect

−0.15;0.12

0.14;0.12

−0.13;0.16

0.11;0.22

−0.07;0.41

−0.04;0.60

−0.10;0.26

Emotional abuse

−0.01;0.97

−0.07;0.41

−0.01;0.87

−0.04;0.67

−0.02;0.83

−0.05;0.59

−0.05;0.56

Physical neglect

0.10;0.29

0.06;0.51

0.01;0.96

−0.06;0.46

0.13;0.15

−0.04;0.61

0.01;0.98

Physical abuse

−0.03;0.72

0.01;0.95

−0.16;0.09

0.12;0.19

0.11;0.23

−0.01;0.91

−0.02;0.79

Sexual abuse

0.02;0.81

0.02;0.48

0.15;0.11

−0.15;0.11

0.13;0.14

0.08;0.63

0.12;0.18