Traumatic events and psychopathological symptoms in university students

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• Instruments

1. Cumulative Trauma Scale
   1. It contains 33 items that evaluate different types of traumatic events
   2. In general, the sample presented low frequency and affectation by traumatic events
      1. The most frequent events : the death of a loved one, robbery or assault, parental divorce, nervous breakdown, school failure, rejection or failure in a relationship
      2. in traumatic events such as gender discrimination within the family and the community, the degree of affectation is usually very negative. And in terms of imprisonment or torture and having been forced by a caregiver or parent to have sexual relations, extremely negative affectation occurs
2. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
   1. It contains 40 items that assess the current level of anxiety and the person’s willingness to respond to stress
3. The Symptom Checklist-90- Revised
   1. Is composed of 90 items organized within 9 dimensions (Somatization, Obsessive- Compulsive, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression, Anxiety, Hostility, Phobic Anxiety, Paranoid Ideation, and Psychoticism),
4. Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire
   1. Is composed of 74 dichotomous items (Yes = 1 / No = 0

1. The results of the present study show that the majority of participants have never experienced traumatic events and have very few psychopathological symptoms.