Table 1 Potential Trauma Events and Life Events According to Exposure and Gender
From: Victimization and PTSD-like states in an Icelandic youth probability sample
Direct exposure in percentage | Indirect exposure in percentage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event | females (n = 103) | males (n = 100) | all a) * (= 206) | females (n = 103) | males (n = 100) | all a) * (= 206) | |
1 | Traffic accident | 22.3 | 32.0 | 27.1 | 46.6 | 52.0 | 49.0 |
2 | Other serious accidents | 10.7 | 12.0 | 11.1 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 33.0 |
3 | Physical assault | 6.8 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 16.0 |
4 | Rape | 5.8 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 11.7 | 7.0 | 9.2 |
5 | Witnessed other people injured or killed | 6.8 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 20.4 | 23.0 | 21.8 |
6 | Came close to being injured or killed | 4.9 | 13.0 | 8.71) (4.21) | 12.6 | 11.0 | 12.1 |
7 | Threats of violence | 17.5 | 39.0 | 27.62) (9.47) | 16.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
8 | Near-drowning | 15.5 | 26.0 | 20.9 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 8.3 |
9 | Attempted suicide | 14.6 | 6.0 | 10.21) (4.05) | 11.7 | 13.0 | 12.1 |
10 | Robbery/theft | 18.4 | 19.0 | 18.4 | 19.4 | 25.0 | 22.3 |
11 | Pregnancy/abortion | 4.9 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 9.4 |
12 | Serious illness | 1.9 | 8.0 | 4.82) (4.02) | 51.5 | 32.0 | 41.72) (8.13) |
13 | Death of someone close | 44.7 | 41.0 | 42.7 | 44.7 | 37.0 | 40.8 |
14 | Divorce | 19.4 | 21.0 | 20.4 | 19.4 | 14.0 | 17.0 |
15 | Sexual abuse | 5.8 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
16 | Physical abuse | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
17 | Severe childhood neglect | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 10.7 | 5.0 | 7.8 |
18 | Humiliation or persecution (bullying) | 23.3 | 23.0 | 23.3 | 12.6 | 18.0 | 15.0 |
19 | Absence of a parent | 8.7 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 6.8 |
20 | Miscellaneous | 12.6 | 4.0 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 3.4 |