Table 2.
Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Gender
| Gender |
M (SD) |
M (SD) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposeda | Experiencedb | IPTc | Sexual IPT | Physical assault | PTSD | |
| Cisgender men | 7.54 (4.52) | 3.05 (2.49) | 136 (60) | 61 (27) | 123 (54) | 74 (33) |
| Cisgender women | 8.50 (4.01) | 3.79 (2.55) | 184 (78) | 164 (69) | 135 (57) | 100 (42) |
| Nonbinary | 8.51 (3.75) | 3.87 (2.64) | 97 (76) | 88 (69) | 73 (57) | 81 (65) |
| Trans men | 8.61 (3.49) | 4.12 (2.12) | 37 (90) | 34 (85) | 24 (60) | 22 (54) |
| Trans women | 6.64 (4.37) | 3.27 (2.41) | 8 (73) | 6 (60) | 5 (50) | 5 (58) |
| Group differences | F (4, 636) = 2.43d | F (4, 636) = 3.87e | χ2 (4, N = 641) = 27.86f | χ2 (4, N = 641) = 116.89f | χ2 (4, N = 641) = 0.694 | χ2 (4, N = 643) = 36.54f |
a
Mean number of LEC-5 traumas experienced, witnessed, learned happened to a close friend or family member, or exposed to as part of a job.
b
Mean number of LEC-5 traumas directly experienced.
c
Direct experiences of IPT. Sexual IPT (sexual assault and unwanted or uncomfortable sexual experiences) and physical assault are subtypes of IPT; participants could endorse having directly experienced any combination of these to be counted as having experienced IPT.
d
p < 0.05.
e
p < 0.01.
f
p < 0.001.
IPT, interpersonal trauma; LEC-5, Life Events Checklist for DSM-5; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.