The prevalence of twenty traumatic events and negative life events in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was studied in a Faroese total‐population sample of 687 eighth‐grade students with a mean age of 14.2 years. Ninety‐four percent of the females and 89% of the males were directly exposed to or had witnessed at least one traumatic event or a negative life event. The odds ratios for PTSD after direct and indirect exposure to specific events are described. The lifetime prevalence of PTSD was 20%, whereas another 14% reached a subclinical level of PTSD. After exposure, females had PTSD more than twice as often as males. Being exposed to multiple traumatic events, living with a single parent, and having experienced a traumatic event or a negative life event within the last year were all associated with PTSD and its subscales.
", language="", issn="0036-5564", doi="10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00728.x", url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00728.x" }