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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2014 Jun 2;123(3):533–544. doi: 10.1037/a0037046

Table 1.

Number and Percentage of Participants Reporting Each Traumatic Event (N = 1360)

Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3
Assaultive Trauma
 Been raped 216 (15.9%) 32 (3.4%) 24 (2.8%)
 Experienced another kind of sexual assault or unwanted sexual contact as a result of force, threat of harm, or manipulation 293 (21.5%) 14 (1.5%) 15 (1.8%)
 Been shot or stabbed 217 (16.0%) 19 (2.0%) 16 (1.9%)
 Been mugged, held up, or threatened with a weapon 519 (38.3%) 52 (5.5%) 39 (4.6%)
 Been held captive, tortured or kidnapped 429 (31.6%) 50 (5.3%) 46 (5.4%)
 Been badly beaten up 105 (7.7%) 22 (2.3%) 24 (2.8%)
 Learned that a close friend or relative was raped or sexually assaulted 212 (15.7%) 11 (1.2%) 12 (1.4%)
 Learned that a close friend or relative was seriously physically attacked 177 (13.0%) 2 (0.2%) 1 (0.1%)
 Any Assaultive Trauma 983 (72.3%) 138 (14.7%) 129 (15.1%)
Non Assaultive Trauma
 Been in a serious car or motor vehicle crash 172 (12.7%) 5 (0.5%) 7 (0.8%)
 Experienced any other kind of serious accident or injury 410 (30.3%) 43 (4.6%) 50 (5.9%)
 Experienced a natural disaster (e.g., fire, flood, earthquake) in which you were hurt or your property was damaged 162 (12.0%) 2 (0.2%) 3 (0.4%)
 Been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness or had a serious operation 1091 (80.4%) 357 (38.1%) 328 (38.5%)
 Had a child of yours diagnosed as having a life- threatening illness 386 (28.5%) 133 (14.1%) 133 (15.7%)
 Learned that a close friend or relative was seriously injured in a motor vehicle crash 76 (5.6%) 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%)
 Learned that a close friend or relative was seriously injured in any other accident 532 (39.2%) 31 (3.3%) 30 (3.5%)
 Any Non-Assaultive Trauma 1091 (80.2%) 194 (21.7%) 191 (22.3%)

Note. Values based on raw data.