In the article I chose the researchers were trying to determine what the internalized and externalized symptoms of PTSD were in women who have been rape victims. They tested the women who had been raped and compared their symptoms and the severity of the symptoms. There were two hundred and sixty seven rape victims who were first initially in the trial, but sixty-four of them did not fall into the PTSD category. Then twenty-two other women were not allowed to continue the study for various reasons like continued abuse, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts, or having new medication. Over half the participants were white, about a quarter of them were African American and the others were of other races. Half of the women had been raped longer
