Citation

Freedman SA, Gluck N, Tuval-Mashiach R, Brandes D, Peri T, Shalev AY. J. Trauma. Stress 2002; 15(5): 407-413.

Affiliation

Center for Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. freedman_sara@lycos.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1023/A:1020189425935

PMID

12392229

Abstract

Gender differences in psychological responses to motor vehicle accidents were examined as part of a large-scale prospective study of PTSD. Participants were recruited from an emergency room (n = 275) and interviewed 1 week, 1 month, and 4 months later. No gender differences were seen in the prevalence or recovery from PTSD, or in symptom levels at 1- and 4 months. Women had a higher prevalence of lifetime- and postaccident generalized anxiety disorder. Gender differences were found regarding the type, but not the total number, of potentially traumatic events previously experienced. These results suggest that gender differences in responses to traumatic events are not explained by exposure as such, but rather may result from gender-specific attributes of the event.

Language: en