Gender comparison of exposed trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in a community sample of adolescents.
This study surveys the prevalence of exposed traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder among the high school students. A total of 735 students were selected by stratified cluster sampling. The self-report trauma checklists and Mississippi Scale were used. The most common traumatic experiences were "witnessing or being in a bad car accident," "getting some really bad news unexpectedly," and witnessing violence. The last 2 experiences were more common among girls. The rate of the subjects who scored more than the cutoff point in the Mississippi Scale was 27.2%. There is an extremely high rate of exposed trauma rate, and approximately one third of them have posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.
Ghanizadeh
Ahmad
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Department of Psychiatry, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. ghanizad@sina.tums.ac.ir
Tavassoli
Maryam
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D000293:Adolescent; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*