TY  - SER
AU  - Hirini, Paul
AU  - Flett,Ross A.
AU  - Long,Nigel R.
AU  - Millar,Michelle
TI  - Frequency of traumatic events, physical and psychological health among Māori
SN  - 0112-109X
U1  - TRVF 000085 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Christchurch
PB  - New Zealand Psychological Society
KW  - CRIME
KW  - FAMILY VIOLENCE
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - FVC
KW  - HEALTH
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - NATURAL DISASTERS
KW  - TRAUMA
KW  - VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - New Zealand Journal of Psychology 34(1) March 2005 : 20-28
N2  - The authors examined the lifetime prevalence of 12 traumatic experiences (combat, child sex abuse, sexual abuse as an adult, family violence, other physical assault, theft by force, vehicle accident, other accident, natural disaster, disaster precautions, traumatic death (secondary trauma) and the links between these experiences and physical and mental health, via a cross sectional survey of 502 community dwelling New Zealand Māori adults. They found that the overall frequency with which such events occur in this group to be relatively high. Males were significantly more likely than females to report experience of combat, physical assault, theft by force, vehicle accident and other forms of accident. Females were significantly more likely to report sexual abuse as a child or adult, violence at the hands of a family member, and a traumatic death of a loved one. Younger respondents and those living in urban areas also reported more traumatic experiences of various sorts. There were some significant linkages between traumatic experiences and mental health (specifically PTSD, and the well-being scale of the MHI) but the size of the effects were small. They argue, that despite methodological limitations, these data are instructive about the frequency and impact of traumatic events among this group
UR  - http://www.psychology.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/NZJP-Vol341-2005-3-Hirini1.pdf
ER  -