PTSD, Complex PTSD, and Childhood Abuse: Gender Differences among a Homeless Sample

Q2 Social Sciences

Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology Pub Date : 2019-07-16 DOI:10.33043/JSACP.10.2.2-15

Sabina Remmers de Vries, G. Juhnke, Cherie Trahan Keene

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Abstract

The current study examined the potential relationship between homelessness, gender, and occurrence of Post-Traumatic Distress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD. Participants were 90 homeless persons from shelters located in a large, South Central Texas, metropolitan city of approximately 1.9 million persons. The study found that homeless participants reported high levels of childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Homeless women reported higher rates of childhood abuse and were affected by PTSD at a higher frequency than homeless males. PTSD, Complex PTSD, and traumatic experiences such as childhood abuse appear to be contributing factors to homelessness. Results suggest the need for increased advocacy among counseling and psychology professionals is warranted for homeless persons experiencing PTSD.

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创伤后应激障碍、复杂创伤后应激障碍与儿童虐待:无家可归者样本的性别差异

目前的研究调查了无家可归、性别和创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)和复杂创伤后应激障碍之间的潜在关系。参与者是90名无家可归者，他们来自位于德克萨斯州中南部一个人口约190万的大城市的收容所。研究发现，无家可归的参与者报告说，他们在童年时期遭受了很高程度的情感、身体和性虐待。与无家可归的男性相比，无家可归的女性遭受童年虐待的比例更高，患PTSD的频率也更高。创伤后应激障碍，复杂的创伤后应激障碍和创伤经历，如童年虐待，似乎是导致无家可归的因素。结果表明，有必要在咨询和心理学专业人员中增加对患有创伤后应激障碍的无家可归者的宣传。

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Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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期刊介绍： The Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology promotes deep reflection on community change and system transformation in which counselors, psychologists, and other human service professionals play a role. This open access journal aims to highlight ‘engaged scholarship’ and the very important social change work done by professionals and activists that would not normally find its way into publication. The journal attempts to break down the divide between theory and practice in one of the most critical areas of our work: social transformation toward social and ecological justice and peace. This journal features action oriented articles, meaning manuscripts that discuss actual work (e.g., advocacy, activism, research, policy formulation and implementation, training, legislation) that has been conducted by the submitting author(s) and not proposed work or simple conceptualizations of issues. JSACP features four unique sections: -Activism and Advocacy -Education and Training -Policy and Theory -Program Development and Evaluation