Gender Differences in the Expression of PTSD Symptoms Among Active Duty Military Personnel

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Summary

Active Duty U.S. Military Service members participated in a study examining gender differences in individual posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and symptom clusters after controlling for several covariates. Women expressed more distress across all of the individual PTSD symptoms (except for hyper-vigilance) and symptom clusters compared to men.

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Hourani, L., Williams, J., Bray, R., Kandel, D. (2015). Gender Differences in the Expression of PTSD Symptoms Among Active Duty Military Personnel. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 29, 101-108. doi:10.1016/j/janxdis.2014.11.007