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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 Aug 24;190:119–132. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.027

Table 1.

Experienced Trauma as assessed by the Trauma Exposure section of the Penn/RESIST/Peradeniya War Problems Questionnaire (n = 337)

Percentage who endorsed this item (%)
Witnessed the injury of loved ones 47.5
Witnessed the death of loved ones 44.5
Torture (Beaten or electrocuted in detention; force-fed a mosquito coil; beaten with a bag containing gasoline; pricked under nails; burnt with cigarette) 38.9
Being imprisoned 35.9
Family members kidnapped 30
Death of family members due to war 24.9
Family members handicapped 13.4
Being kidnapped 12.5
Caught in a land mine 3.3
Being raped 1.2