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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2011 Mar 15;24(2):226–229. doi: 10.1002/jts.20621

Table 2.

Percentage of Adolescents Reporting Distress by Endorsement of Specific Traumatic Events

Reported distress
Variable Value n Yes (%) No (%) χ 2
Sexual abuse Yes 267 20.6 79.4 121.54**
No 3300 4.4 95.6
Physical assault Yes 566 12.5 87.5 58.99**
No 3042 4.4 95.6
Physical abuse Yes 442 16.1 83.9 102.31**
No 3166 4.2 95.8
Witnessed neighborhood violence Yes 1362 7.7 92.3 17.30**
No 2245 4.4 95.6
Witnessed parental violence Yes 322 11.5 88.5 22.53**
No 3283 5.1 94.9
Stressful life events Yes 1276 7.8 92.2 17.82**
No 2300 4.4 95.6
Other trauma Yes 1803 7.6 92.4 25.90**
No 1772 3.7 96.3

Note. df for all χ2 tests = 1.

**

p < .001.