TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Gender comparison of exposed trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in a community sample of adolescents
JO  - Journal of trauma nursing
A1  - Ghanizadeh, Ahmad
A1  - Tavassoli, Maryam
SP  - 165
EP  - 169
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1078-7496
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -