National prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among sexually revictimized adolescent, college, and adult household-residing women.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Despite empirical links between sexual revictimization (ie, experiencing 2 or more sexual assaults) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to our knowledge, no epidemiological studies document the prevalence of sexual revictimization and PTSD. Establishing estimates is essential to determine the scope, public health impact, and psychiatric sequelae of sexual revictimization.

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of sexual revictimization and PTSD among 3 national female samples (adolescent, college, and adult household probability).

Design

Surveys were used to collect data from the National Women's Study-Replication (2006; college) as well as household probability samples from the National Survey of Adolescents-Replication (2005) and the National Women's Stu

SUBMITTER: Walsh K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3474859 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature