Table 1.
Frequency of each life event and the percentage who experienced the event as trauma
| Life events | n (%) who experienced this | Percentage of those who experience this event who rated it as traumatic |
|---|---|---|
| Has anyone else close to youth ever died as a result of a serious accident, injury, or illness? | 20 (55.6) | 25.0 |
| Has anyone in the home ever had a serious accident, injury, or illness that was life threatening or caused long-term disability? | 18 (50.0) | 27.8 |
| Did you go through a divorce or separation at any point in youth’s life? | 11 (30.6) | 27.3 |
| Has anyone in the home ever not had a job for a long time when he/she wanted to be working? | 11 (30.6) | 9.1 |
| Has youth ever been bullied by his/her peers to such an extent that he/she had to go to the doctor or you considered changing schools? | 10 (27.8) | 50.0 |
| Has anyone else close to youth ever had a serious accident, injury, or life-threatening illness (but lived)? | 10 (27.8) | 10.0 |
| Has anyone in the home ever been sent away or kicked out of the house because he/she did something wrong? | 6 (16.7) | 50.0 |
| Has anyone in the home ever been sexually, physically, or emotionally abused? | 5 (13.9) | 60.0 |
| Has your family ever been in a major fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural disaster? | 5 (13.9) | 40.0 |
| Was youth ever forced to live apart from 1 or both parents? | 4 (11.1) | 100 |
| Has anyone in the home struggled with substance abuse or addiction? | 4 (11.1) | 50.0 |
| Has anyone in the home ever been physically assaulted or mugged? | 4 (11.1) | 50.0 |
| Was youth ever abandoned by 1 or both parents? | 4 (11.1) | 0 |
| Have you ever lost your home because of a natural disaster? | 3 (8.3) | 66.7 |
| As a child, did youth ever live in an orphanage, foster home, or group home, or was he/she ever a ward of the state? | 3 (8.3) | 33.3 |
| Has anyone in the home ever been shot at with a gun or threatened with another weapon? | 3 (8.3) | 33.3 |
| Has youth ever been told that someone else he/she was close to had taken his/her own life? | 3 (8.3) | 33.3 |
| Has youth ever failed a grade in school? | 3 (8.3) | 0 |
| Has anyone in the home, or someone youth is close to ever been incarcerated? | 3 (8.3) | 0 |
| Has youth ever gone through a difficult breakup? | 3 (8.3) | 0 |
| Has anyone in the home ever taken his/her own life? | 2 (5.6) | 100 |
| Has youth witnessed anyone in the home being sexually, physically, or emotionally abused? | 2 (5.6) | 100 |
| Did youth ever discover that a girlfriend or boyfriend was unfaithful? | 1 (2.8) | 0 |
| Has youth ever been told that someone he/she was close to had been killed? | 1 (2.8) | 0 |
| Has anyone in the home ever been killed? | 0 | 0 |
| Has anyone in the home ever died as a result of a serious accident, injury, or illness? | 0 | 0 |
| Has youth ever witnessed something violent happen to someone or seen someone killed? | 0 | 0 |