| Literature DB >> 26620827 |
Sherry Lipsky1, Mary A Kernic2, Qian Qiu1, Deborah S Hasin3.
Abstract
This study sought to examine specific types of potentially traumatic experiences as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the moderating effect of race/ethnicity and major depressive disorder (MDD) among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic U.S. women. The study sample was drawn from two waves of the National Epidemiologic Surveys of Alcohol and Related Conditions. Sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and childhood trauma were the strongest predictors of PTSD compared with the reference group (indirect/witnessed trauma). Similar patterns were revealed across racial/ethnic groups, although the estimates were most robust among White women. Findings also suggest that MDD moderates the effect of traumatic experiences on PTSD.Entities:
Keywords: PTSD; depression; race/ethnicity; trauma
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26620827 PMCID: PMC4884659 DOI: 10.1177/1077801215617553
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Violence Against Women ISSN: 1077-8012