Personality disorders and sexual orientation in young people

The goals of this study are to investigate the sexual behaivors, the prevalance of personality disorders and sexual orientation and the relationship between sexual orientation and personality disorders in university students. In the line of these goals, A total of 773 university students from İzmir and Aydın cities are participated in this study. Paticipants were administred DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Disorder Questionnaire (DIP-Q), Eskin Sexual Behavior and Orientation Questionnaire (ECDYDA) and general information form which includes demographic features. According to findings research hypothesis which is the possibility of non-heterosexual sexual orientation can not be seen more widely ın Cluster B personality disorders were supported. The findings show that there is no relationship between having a personality disorder and having heterosexual or homosexual sexual orientation.