Table 2.
Frequency of Trauma Type by Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Status
| Control |
Past PTSD |
Current PTSD |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trauma Type | n | % | n | % | n | % | χ2a |
| Crime events | 82 | 54.0 | 25 | 59.5 | 25 | 52.1 | 0.56 |
| Accident | 73 | 48.0 | 22 | 52.4 | 36 | 75.0 | 10.75** |
| Natural or manmade disaster | 60 | 39.5 | 22 | 52.4 | 35 | 72.9 | 16.67*** |
| Chemical exposure | 62 | 40.8 | 27 | 64.3 | 3 | 70.8 | 16.86*** |
| Terrorist attack | 8 | 5.3 | 5 | 11.9 | 10 | 20.8 | 10.62** |
| War combat | 131 | 86.2 | 41 | 97.6 | 47 | 97.9 | 8.84* |
| Injured self/other or killed other | 119 | 78.3 | 39 | 92.9 | 46 | 95.8 | 11.30** |
| Death of someone close | 96 | 63.2 | 37 | 88.1 | 35 | 72.9 | 9.98** |
| Life-threatening illness | 24 | 15.8 | 8 | 19.1 | 13 | 27.1 | 3.08 |
| Sexual trauma/abuse | 20 | 13.2 | 7 | 16.7 | 13 | 27.1 | 5.13 |
| Physical attack/abuse | 45 | 29.6 | 18 | 42.9 | 23 | 47.9 | 6.53* |
| Other | 20 | 13.2 | 9 | 21.4 | 16 | 33.3 | 10.08** |
a
Note. df = 2, N = 242.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.