دورية أكاديمية

The contribution of gender-based violence and network trauma to gender differences in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: The contribution of gender-based violence and network trauma to gender differences in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
المؤلفون: Silove, D., Baker, J., Mohsin, M., Teesson, M., Creamer, M., O'Donnell, M., Forbes, D., Carragher, N., Slade, T., Mills, K., Bryant, R., Mcfarlane, A., Steel, Z., Felmingham, K., Rees, S.
المساهمون: Homberg, J.
المصدر: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171879Test.
بيانات النشر: PLOS ONE
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: The University of Adelaide: Digital Library
مصطلحات موضوعية: Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
الوصف: Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs twice as commonly amongst women as men. Two common domains of trauma, network trauma and gender based violence (GBV), may contribute to this gender difference in PTSD rates. We examined data from a nationally representative sample of the Australian population to clarify the characteristics of these two trauma domains in their contributions to PTSD rates in men and women. Methods: We drew on data from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being to assess gender differences across a comprehensive range of trauma domains, including (1) prevalence of lifetime exposure; (2) identification of an index trauma or DSM-IV Criterion A event; and (3) the likelihood of developing full DSM-IV PTSD symptoms once an index trauma was identified. Results: Men reported more traumatic events (TEs) overall but women reported twice the prevalence of lifetime PTSD (women, 13.4%; men, 6.3%). Women reported a threefold higher level of exposure to GBV and were seven times more likely to nominate GBV as the index trauma as compared to men. Women were twice more likely than men to identify a network trauma as the index trauma and more likely to meet full PTSD symptoms in relation to that event (women, 20.6%; men, 14.6%). Conclusion: Women are more likely to identify GBV and network trauma as an index trauma. Women’s far greater exposure to GBV contributes to their higher prevalence of PTSD. Women are markedly more likely to develop PTSD when network trauma is identified as the index trauma. Preventing exposure to GBV and providing timely interventions for acute psychological reactions following network trauma may assist in reducing PTSD rates amongst women. ; Derrick Silove, Jess R. Baker, Mohammed Mohsin, Maree Teesson, Mark Creamer . Alexander McFarlane . et al.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
العلاقة: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1073041Test; PLoS One, 2017; 12(2):0171879-0171879; http://hdl.handle.net/2440/117611Test; Mcfarlane, A. [0000-0002-3829-9509]
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171879
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171879Test
http://hdl.handle.net/2440/117611Test
حقوق: © 2017 Silove et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.A76F7A0C
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0171879