PTSD Indicators

One of the conclusions reached by the authors was the harshness of the PTSD indicators was connected with how many bad events the participant went through in the past. Another conclusion they reached was sexual abuse when the participant was young had the most common link to PTSD indicators, being followed or threatened had a bigger connection with the worst of the indicators, and the most common event was the surprising loss of someone the person deeply cared for. The ethnic background of each participant did not matter when it came to each gender; the men were more likely to have dealt with certain past traumas while the women were more to have dealt with other certain traumatic events. The fourth conclusion reached was the Spanish American was more likely to experience the worse PTSD indicators. Yet another conclusion the authors made was the signs of PTSD showed up in those who had gone through an increasing number of any of the shocking …show more content…
The authors also concluded the limitations such as not being able to have a one-on-one conversation with the participants, the place where a participant resided, and the unknown factor of how often an event occurred could have an effect on the end results of the study they