Traumatic events | Total (n = 304) | Male (n = 163) | Female (n = 141) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
Experienced important changes in family life | 166 | (54.6) | 94 | (57.7) | 72 | (51.1) |
Was separated from family against will | 96 | (31.6) | 51 | (31.3) | 45 | (31.9) |
Experienced the death of a loved one | 118 | (38.8) | 63 | (38.7) | 55 | (39.0) |
Had a life-threatening medical problem | 106 | (34.9) | 57 | (35.0) | 49 | (34.8) |
Experienced a serious accident | 111 | (36.5) | 62 | (38.0) | 49 | (34.8) |
Experienced a disaster | 117 | (38.5) | 61 | (37.4) | 56 | (39.7) |
Experienced war or armed conflict | 177 | (58.2) | 89 | (54.6) | 88 | (62.4) |
Was physically mistreated | 123 | (40.5) | 75 | (46.0) | 48 | (34.0) |
Saw someone else physically mistreated | 211 | (69.4) | 118 | (72.4) | 93 | (66.0) |
Experienced sexual abuse | 34 | (11.2) | 23 | (14.1) | 11 | (7.8) |
Experienced a stressful life event in which ‘I was in danger’ | 132 | (43.4) | 79 | (48.5) | 53 | (37.6) |
Experienced a stressful life event in which ‘someone else was in danger’ | 180 | (59.2) | 97 | (59.5) | 83 | (58.9) |
Other frightening event | 152 | (50.0) | 82 | (50.3) | 70 | (49.6) |
Mean number of events (Standard deviation) | 5.7 | (2.9) | 5.8 | (2.8) | 5.5 | (3.0) |