Title |
Sex differences in the relationship between risk factors and PTSD |
Name |
Dorte Mølgaard Christiansen ![]()
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Abstract |
Background: Many studies have examined sex/gender as a risk factor for PTSD and reported that women are approximately twice as likely to develop PTSD as men. However, few studies have treated sex as a potential moderator and examined whether well-known risk factors predict PTSD equally well in men and women.
The purpose is to examine:
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Keywords |
Posttraumatic stress disorder, sex/gender differences, mediation, moderation |
Start date and expected end date |
01.09.2009 - 15.6.2017 |
Main supervisor |
Professor Andrew Moskowitz, University of Aarhus |
Co-supervisors |
Professor Ask Elklit |
Collaborators |
National Center for Psychotraumatology |
Funding |
Department of psychology and behavioural sciences, University of Aarhus |