The_Effects_Of_Terrorist_Attacks_And_Natural_Disasters_On_Po

The Effects Of Terrorist Attacks And Natural Disasters On Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Abstract This study will assess the two types of traumatic events which are terrorist attacks and natural disasters and the role they play on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Gender was also taken into account when assigning individuals into groups. There were 100 participants 50 male and 50 female all of which completed an Impact of Events Scale after viewing twenty photos of one of the specified traumatic events. Women experienced higher PTSD then men. Also the photos of terrorist attacks received higher PTSD symptoms then natural disasters. The results confirmed that PTSD are correlated to the type of event and the gender of the subject. The Effects of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has various symptoms that are brought on by many different occurrences such as witnessing a traumatic event. There are two significant subjects that are involved in brining about this disorder. Disasters and the presence of terrorism are extremely relevant issues when examining PTSD. Natural disasters can happen in any given place, at any given time. When these natural disasters occur, there are many factors which cause them to be influential in the change ptsd, traumatic, terrorist, natural, disasters, attacks, women, event, men, stress, participants, individuals, higher, photos, after, events, three, disaster, symptoms, study, results, response, effect, disorder, 2003, one, cause, states, shown, scale, hypothesis, groups, gender, following, because