Table 2.

Traumatic Events Experienced and Age of Each Event for Male and Female Participants

	Male (N=293)			Age	Female (N=111)			Age	Gendera
Event Type	No	Yes	%	M	No	Yes	%	M	χ2
Accident	252	36	12.5	17.1	95	12	11.2	21.4	0.12
Combat	283	6	2.1	14.0	107	0	0.0	0.0	2.26
Unexpected death of loved one	171	118	40.8	16.8	71	37	34.3	17.4	1.43
Robbery	234	54	18.8	17.4	90	18	16.7	17.1	0.23
Assault	217	72	24.9	16.6	89	19	17.6	17.9	2.39
Witnessing violence	230	59	20.4	16.5	92	14	13.2	17.1	2.67
Death threats	219	67	23.4	16.8	76	32	29.6	18.3	1.60
Physical punishment	219	67	23.4	9.1	89	19	17.6	9.9	1.56
Witnessing family violence	213	75	16.0	7.9	88	20	18.5	9.0	2.44
Spousal abuse	239	50	17.3	18.9	80	29	26.6	18.3	4.31*
Childhood sexual abuse	249	39	13.5	10.4	85	24	22.0	11.6	4.26*
Adult sexual abuse	270	18	6.3	18.6	97	10	9.3	21.4	1.14
Stalking	249	40	13.8	16.6	91	14	13.3	19.9	0.02
Other	252	31	11.0	14.1	95	7	6.9	15.3	1.41
Total Number of Events	N		%		N		%
0 events	56		19.1		26		23.4
1 event	60		20.5		25		22.5
2 events	48		16.4		12		10.8
3 events	36		12.3		15		13.5
4 events	32		10.9		12		10.8
5 or more events	61		20.8		21		18.9

Note:

^*Statistically significant at p < .05.

^a.Chi-square test comparing prevalence of traumatic event between male and female participants (df = 1 for all tests).