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Posttraumatisk stress hos universitetsstudenter i Lund

Sterner, Jens and Bergqvist, Magdalena (2007)
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to a traumatic event. The purpose of this study was to examine the exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events (PTE) and the prevalence of PTSD among students at the University of Lund. Sexdifferences among these variables were also examined. Using surveys as research method, 380 students from five different faculties participated. The results indicated that these students have been more exposed to PTE than the general Swedish population. The students also showed a higher prevalence of symptoms for PTSD. A significant sexdifference was found in the prevalence for PTSD with female students scoring almost three times higher than men. Thus, the need for further... (More)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to a traumatic event. The purpose of this study was to examine the exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events (PTE) and the prevalence of PTSD among students at the University of Lund. Sexdifferences among these variables were also examined. Using surveys as research method, 380 students from five different faculties participated. The results indicated that these students have been more exposed to PTE than the general Swedish population. The students also showed a higher prevalence of symptoms for PTSD. A significant sexdifference was found in the prevalence for PTSD with female students scoring almost three times higher than men. Thus, the need for further research in the topic is necessary. (Less)
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author
Sterner, Jens and Bergqvist, Magdalena
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Potentially Traumatic Event, students, survey research, Psychiatry, clinical psychology, psychosomatics, Psykiatri, klinisk psykologi, psykosomatik, Psychology, Psykologi
language
Swedish
id
1322008
date added to LUP
2007-02-26 00:00:00
date last changed
2007-02-26 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder resulting from exposure to a traumatic event. The purpose of this study was to examine the exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events (PTE) and the prevalence of PTSD among students at the University of Lund. Sexdifferences among these variables were also examined. Using surveys as research method, 380 students from five different faculties participated. The results indicated that these students have been more exposed to PTE than the general Swedish population. The students also showed a higher prevalence of symptoms for PTSD. A significant sexdifference was found in the prevalence for PTSD with female students scoring almost three times higher than men. Thus, the need for further research in the topic is necessary.}},
  author       = {{Sterner, Jens and Bergqvist, Magdalena}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Posttraumatisk stress hos universitetsstudenter i Lund}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}