Posttraumatic stress disorder in a national sample of female and male Vietnam veterans: risk factors, war-zone stressors, and resilience-recovery variables.

摘要: Relationships among pretrauma risk factors (e.g., family instability, childhood antisocial behavior), war-zone stressors combat, perceived threat), posttrauma resilience-recovery variables hardiness, social support), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity were examined. Data from a national sample of 432 female 1,200 male veterans analyzed using structural equation modeling. For both genders, direct links to PTSD pretrauma, war-zone, variable categories found; several associations between documented. Although appeared preeminent for in men, more salient women. Researchers, policymakers, clinicians are urged take broad view on trauma its sequelae, especially regarding possible multiple exposures over time the depletion availability important resources.