POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER IN MALE AND FEMALE DUTCH RESISTANCE VETERANS OF WORLD-WAR-II IN RELATION TO TRAIT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

In this study, 680 male and 144 female Dutch Resistance veterans of Wo rld War II were evaluated on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, trait anxi ety, and depression. Approximately 27% of these men and 20% of these w omen showed current Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Resistance veterans , as a group, appeared comparable to the controls from Dutch validatio n studies on trait anxiety and depression. Gender differences were not observed. Veterans with current PTSD symptoms scored higher on trait anxiety and depression than the remaining veterans and were comparable on trait anxiety and depression to psychiatric patients. Correlationa l analyses showed that there was a strong association between trait an xiety and depression. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder correlated highly with trait anxiety and depression.