TY - JOUR
PY - 2023//
TI - ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in Lithuanian university students: Prevalence and associations with trauma exposure
JO - Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy
A1 - Truskauskaite, Inga
A1 - Dumarkaite, Austeja
A1 - Petrauskaite, Gabija
A1 - Andersson, Gerhard
A1 - Brailovskaia, Julia
A1 - Karatzias, Thanos
A1 - Margraf, Jürgen
A1 - Kazlauskas, Evaldas
SP - ePub
EP - ePub
VL - ePub
IS - ePub
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Young adults are at high risk for developing mental disorders. Moreover, trauma exposure and trauma-related disorders in emerging adulthood are highly prevalent. The study aimed to explore the prevalence of traumatic experiences, probable ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), probable complex PTSD (CPTSD), and links between trauma exposure and traumatic stress reactions among first-year university students in Lithuania.
METHOD: In total, 1,626 university students from Lithuania, 68.2% female, mean age 19.09 (SD = 1.05) years, were recruited for the study. Probable ICD-11 PTSDs were measured using the self-report International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ).
RESULTS: A majority (77.2%) of young adults had been exposed to traumatic experiences. The prevalence of probable ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD in the total sample was 4.6% and 3.4%, respectively. Both PTSD and CPTSD were associated with cumulative lifetime trauma experiences. CPTSD was related to sexual trauma, whereas PTSD was linked to single traumatic incidents, like a physical assault. Both probable PTSD and probable CPTSD were associated with physical and sexual abuse in childhood.
CONCLUSION: The findings of our study show that nearly 8 in 10 university students were exposed to trauma at the beginning of their studies. The prevalence of probable PTSD/CPTSD was comparable to other studies conducted on the general population and university students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved). Language: en
LA - en
SN - 1942-9681
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001436
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