TABLE 3. Association of Specific Traumas
with PTSD*
|
Trauma |
Men (%) (N=2812) |
Women
(%) |
|
Any
Trauma |
8.1 |
20.4 |
|
**Rape |
65.0 |
45.9 |
|
**Molestation |
12.2 |
26.5*** |
|
**Physical
Attack |
1.8 |
21.3*** |
|
**Physical
Abuse |
22.3 |
48.5*** |
|
Combat |
38.8 |
--*** |
|
Threat
with Weapon |
1.9 |
32.6*** |
|
Accident |
6.3 |
8.8 |
|
Natural
Disaster with Fire |
3.7 |
5.4 |
|
Witness
Trauma |
6.4 |
7.5 |
|
Neglect |
23.9 |
19.7 |
|
|
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|
* Abstracted from Kessler et al., 1995
(3) |
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|
** Interpersonal Violence. |
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|
*** Significant gender difference p<.05 (two-tailed
test) |
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published 2000