Table 2.
Frequencies on Type of Traumatic Event Endorsement
| Type of trauma | All Subjects (n = 206) N (%) |
Survivors (n = 105) N (%) |
Siblings (n = 101) N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious accident | 75 (36.4) | 45 (42.9) | 30 (29.7) |
| Natural disaster | 51 (24.8) | 29 (27.6) | 22 (21.8) |
| Non-sexual assault by known person | 19 (9.2) | 7 (6.7) | 12 (11.9) |
| Non-sexual assault by stranger | 35 (17.0) | 16 (15.2) | 19 (18.8) |
| Sexual assault by known person | 14 (6.8) | 8 (7.6) | 6 (5.9) |
| Sexual assault by stranger | 10 (4.9) | 3 (2.9) | 7 (6.9) |
| Military combat | 7 (3.4) | 6 (5.7) | 1 (1.0) |
| Sexual contact when minor with person 5 years older | 14 (6.8) | 9 (8.6) | 5 (5.0) |
| Imprisonment | 2 (1.0) | 0 | 2 (2.0) |
| Torture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Life-threatening illness | 126 (61.2) | 92 (87.6) | 34 (33.7) |
| Other* | 53 (25.7) | 24 (22.9) | 29 (28.7) |
*
“Other” traumas specifically included (quoted directly from participants): double bypass surgery, loss of baby (stillborn), loss of parent, loss of vision, death, emotional abuse by father, growing up with alcoholic parent, watch 3 family members die.