title: Traumatic Events Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Role of Race/Ethnicity and Depression.
abstract: This study sought to examine specific types of potentially traumatic experiences as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the moderating effect of race/ethnicity and major depressive disorder (MDD) among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic U.S. women. The study sample was drawn from two waves of the National Epidemiologic Surveys of Alcohol and Related Conditions. Sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and childhood trauma were the strongest predictors of PTSD compared with the reference group (indirect/witnessed trauma). Similar patterns were revealed across racial/ethnic groups, although the estimates were most robust among White women. Findings also suggest that MDD moderates the effect of traumatic experiences on PTSD.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Sherry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lipsky
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, USA mkernic@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kernic
authors.affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hasin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: PTSD; depression; race/ethnicity; trauma