Table 2.

List of traumatic stressors spontaneously identified and described by participants on the UCLA PTSDI. Events are delineated by group.

Cancer Group (n = 254)	Control Group (n = 142)
Different Events
Cancer*	Fight with a parent
Bike wreck	Getting lost
Death of a parent	Strep Throat
Witnessed a shooting	Shots
Fear of the future	Finding out needed to have surgery
Parental deployment	Hearing about an accident
Watching a scary movie	Items stolen / Break-in
	Haunted House
	Accused of wrongdoing when innocent
	Punishment (being spanked, threat of punishment)
	Moving / new school
	Mission trip
	Report made to Children and Family Services
	Siblings quirks
	Potential parent divorce
	Foreclosure
	Divorce of family members (aunt/uncle, grandparents)
	Feeling that couldn’t breathe (from coughing or falling)
Similar Events
Death of a family member (cousin, aunt, grandparent, great-grandparent)
Death of a friend/family friend
Injury or illness in a family member
Natural disaster / severe weather (severe thunderstorm, hurricane)
Car wreck
Injuries/illness that required hospital visit (stitches, broken bones, asthma attack)
Death of a pet
School issues (testing, homework, bad grades, not being prepared, unfriendly school)
Separation of family (sibling moved out, lived with grandparents for short time)
Specific phobias (clowns, snakes, dogs, monsters)
Parental divorce
Difficulties with a relationship (break-up, fight with a friend)

^*Cancer (or a related topic) was spontaneously identified by 133 (52.4%) participants in the cancer group