TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Gender Differences in the Appraisal of Violent Crime Experiences: A Qualitative Study
JO  - Victims and offenders
A1  - Simmons, Catherine A.
SP  - 371
EP  - 371
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
N2  - To help understand why women are at greater risk than men for developing adverse reactions to trauma, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this study qualitatively explores differences and similarities in the way men and women cognitively appraise their experience as violent crime survivors. Findings reveal differences in the way men and women (1) view the event as traumatic or scary, (2) compare their experience to other life experiences, (3) believe the crime changed their lives, and (4) view the probability that they would eventually experience a violent crime. Differences in the way men and women appraise these experience are linked to post-trauma sequelae.<p /> 
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SN  - 1556-4886
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2010.509664
ID  - ref1
ER  -