Predictors of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms among Survivors of Sexual Assault: Similarities and Differences in African American and Caucasian Women's Experiences

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhiana Wegner ◽  
Antonia Abbey ◽  
Angela J. Jacques-Tiura ◽  
Rifky Tkatch
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Similarities And Differences

scholarly journals Women's experiences in relation to stillbirth and risk factors for long-term post-traumatic stress symptoms: a retrospective study

BMJ Open ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. e003323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Kathrine Gravensteen ◽  
Linda Björk Helgadóttir ◽  
Eva-Marie Jacobsen ◽  
Ingela Rådestad ◽  
Per Morten Sandset ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic

scholarly journals Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms in urban African schools

2004 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Seedat ◽  
C. Nyamai ◽  
F. Njenga ◽  
B. Vythilingum ◽  
D. J. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
South African ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Trauma Exposure ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic

BackgroundThere is a lack of comparative data on the prevalence and effects of exposure to violence in African youth.AimsWe assessed trauma exposure, post-traumatic stress symptoms and gender differences in adolescents from two African countries.MethodA sample of 2041 boys and girls from 18 schools in Cape Town and Nairobi completed anonymous self-report questionnaires.ResultsMore than 80% reported exposure to severe trauma, either as victims or witnesses. Kenyan adolescents, compared with South African, had significantly higher rates of exposure to witnessing violence (69% v. 58%), physical assault by a family member (27% v. 14%) and sexual assault (18% v. 14%). But rates of current full-symptom post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (22.2% v. 5%) and current partial-symptom PTSD (12% v. 8%) were significantly higher in the South African sample. Boys were as likely as girls to meet PTSD symptom criteria.ConclusionsAlthough the lifetime exposure to trauma was comparable across both settings, Kenyan adolescents had much lower rates of PTSD. This difference may be attributable to cultural and other trauma-related variables. High rates of sexual assault and PTSD, traditionally documented in girls, may also occur in boys and warrant further study.

Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Burnout in Doctors and Nurses Suffering Agressions

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gascon ◽  
J. P. Pereira ◽  
M. J. Cunha ◽  
M. A. Santed ◽  
B. Martinez-Jarreta
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Doctors And Nurses
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