Table 1 Number of patients who had been exposed to the various traumatic events (n = 100)
Traumatic event | Females | Males | X2 (P) | Percentage (n = 100) | Percentage of total sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical Assault | 24 | 31 | ns | 55 | 40 |
Incest or sexual molestation | 19 | 8 | 6.76 (.01) | 27 | 19 |
Rape | 16 | 5 | 7.86 (.005) | 21 | 15 |
Combat experience | 5 | 6 | ns | 11 | 8 |
Threatened with a weapon | 13 | 24 | 4.52 (.05) | 37 | 27 |
Involved in a life threatening accident | 6 | 15 | 4.44 (.05) | 21 | 15 |
Involved in a natural disaster or fire | 5 | 8 | ns | 13 | 9 |
Witnessed someone getting badly injured or killed | 17 | 23 | ns | 40 | 28 |
Seriously neglected as a child | 26 | 18 | 3.20 (.06) | 44 | 32 |
Physically abused as a child | 15 | 11 | ns | 26 | 19 |
Suffered a great shock because one of these events happened to someone close | 21 | 15 | ns | 36 | 26 |
Other (terrible experiences that most people never go through) | 27 | 30 | ns | 57 | 41 |