The Relationship Between Gender and Trauma Symptoms: A Proposed Mediational Model
Author(s): Rhonda Swickert, Virginia Deroma, Conway Saylor
Abstract: A relationship between gender and trauma symptoms has been documented in the literature. In this study, it was proposed that perceived benefit beliefs, just world beliefs, and coping style might serve as mediators in the gender-trauma association. This prediction was examined by assessing the responses of 136 individuals to the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. Using correlational and path analytic techniques, results indicated that females reported greater trauma symptoms than males and that, collectively, perceived benefit beliefs, just world beliefs, and coping style mediated the relationship between gender and trauma symptoms. These findings provide an explanation as to why gender has been associated with trauma symptomatology and might prove helpful to clinicians working with trauma victims.
Pages: 203-213
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