PTSD in Women following a Disaster: the Effects of Social Support and Gender Differences
Description:
The purpose of this study was to examine and compare individuals that had survived a single incidence trauma, the Luby's massacre in Killeen, Texas. Participants answered questions regarding various facets of social support following the trauma, and were also screened for a diagnosis of PTSD. Participants' level of symptoms, specifically depression, anxiety, and phobic anxiety was measured over time with the SCL-90-R. The results of this study indicate that, while women initially experience a h…
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Date:
December 1996
Creator:
Direiter, Diana C. (Diana Charity)
Partner:
UNT Libraries