Hirini PRFlett RALong NRMillar M1/03/20052005NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 2005, 34 (1), pp. 20 - 27 (8)0112-109Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/5693We 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 Maori adults. We 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. We argue, that despite methodological limitations, these data are instructive about the frequency and impact of traumatic events among this group.20 - 27 (8)POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDERGENERAL-POPULATIONLIFE EVENTSMISSISSIPPI SCALESOCIAL SUPPORTMENTAL-HEALTHNEW-ZEALANDSAMPLEPTSDPREVALENCEJournal article97871701 Psychology1702 Cognitive Sciences