Post-traumatic stress disorder among a sample of Sanaa University students

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the prevalence of traumatic life events and the nature of the level of post-traumatic stress disorder among a sample of students at Sana’a University، and to identify differences in post-traumatic stress disorder according to the variable of frequency of traumatic events and the variable of gender. The researcher used the descriptive approach، and the sample consisted of (555) Male and female students from the College of Arts and Humanities and the College of Science were selected by a stratified random method. The researcher used The Life Events Checklist and The PTSD Checklist. The results showed that an event such as “living in a war zone” occurred directly to (53.5%)، and he indicated (94.4%) of the sample were exposed to traumatic life events، and (81.6%) of them were directly exposed to a traumatic event. The results showed that (48.1%) of the sample were at the moderate level of post-traumatic stress disorder، and (29.6%) were at the high level.، and (4.6%) in the severe level، and the results showed that there are statistically significant differences on the post-traumatic stress disorder list according to the variable of repetition of the traumatic event، in favor of students who have experienced (3 or more) a traumatic event in the total score and sub-domains with the exception of the avoidance domain. Also، there are no statistically significant differences in the total list of PTSD symptoms and sub-domains according to the gender variable.