Gender differences in the sensitivity to posttraumatic stress disorder: An epidemiological study of urban young adults
Gender differences in the sensitivity to posttraumatic stress disorder: An epidemiological study of urban young adults
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DOI：
10.1037/0021-843x.116.3.607
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发表时间：
2007-08-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Anthony, James C.
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作者：
Breslau, Naomi;Anthony, James C.
作者研究了创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）流行病学中两个独立但相互关联的发现之间的关系：女性在创伤事件后更大的PTSD风险以及先前创伤对PTSD对后续创伤反应的敏感性影响。数据来自美国一个大城市的1,698名年轻人的代表性样本。对暴露于创伤性事件的子集进行分析。女性在遭受攻击性暴力后患PTSD的风险高于男性。当攻击性暴力之前，后来的非攻击性创伤的妇女，有一个增加的风险（相对风险= 4.9）PTSD，这是没有观察到的男性。女性的相对风险估计值明显高于男性。这些研究结果表明，攻击性暴力ellaughed妇女的创伤后应激障碍的反应，直接和敏感的影响，随后的创伤事件的规模较小。
The authors examine the relationship between 2 separate but interrelated findings in the epidemiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): women's greater PTSD risk following traumatic events and the sensitizing effects of a prior trauma on the PTSD response to a subsequent trauma. Data come from a representative sample of 1,698 young adults from a large U.S. city. Analysis was conducted on the subset exposed to traumatic events. Women's risk for PTSD following assaultive violence was higher than men's. When assaultive violence preceded a later nonassaultive trauma in women, there was an increased risk (relative risk = 4.9) for PTSD, which was not observed in men. The relative risk estimate in women was significantly higher than in men. These findings suggest that assaultive violence elicits women's PTSD response directly and by sensitizing them to the effects of subsequent traumatic events of lesser magnitude.