Social Attitudes toward Men and Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Description:
Although men are more likely to experience traumatic events, the risk of developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is at least twice as high in women than in men after exposure to comparable traumas. These findings are more consistent in response to some types of trauma (e.g., assaultive violence) than others (e.g., natural disaster). There has been very little systematic study of the sources of these gender differences. This study began to explore the contribution of gender-related beliefs abou…
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Date:
August 2002
Creator:
Mendelsohn, Michaela
Partner:
UNT Libraries