War‐related trauma and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among adult Kosovar refugees
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Traumatic Stress
- Vol. 15 (2) , 157-160
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1014864225889
Abstract
Since 1999, almost 16,000 Kosovar refugees have entered the United States. Few studies have investigated trauma and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in this population. We conducted a caseworker‐assisted survey of 129 Kosovar refugees (aged 18 to 79 years, 55% male). Of these individuals. 78 (60.5%) showed the likely presence of PTSD. The mean number of war‐related traumatic events reported was 15 (SD = 4.5). Higher PTSD scores were associated with more traumatic events and female gender.Keywords
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