한국인의 외상 프로파일

The Trauma Profiles of Korean Adults

The development-based trauma framework of Kira (2001, 2004, 2010) can assess the cumulative effects of trauma as well as the various trauma and their impacts experienced during the lifetime. The purpose of this study was to investigate the type, frequency and impact of traumatic events experienced by a nationally representative Korean sample applying the development-based trauma framework of Kira (2001, 2004, 2010) and reflecting the sociocultural context of Korea. Participants were 1,130 adults (569 men and 561 women). All participants responded to the Cumulative Trauma Scale-Korean version(CTS-K), Impact of Event Scale-Revised-Korean version(IES-R-K), and Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) using the internet. The frequency of traumatic events was analyzed by gender and age group. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to examine whether experiences by trauma types could predict the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As results, there was a difference in the type of trauma experienced frequently by gender and age group. Even after controlling demographic variables, the personal identity, collective identity, achievement and survival trauma, and the type Ⅱ and type Ⅲ trauma were significant predictors of PTSD symptoms, respectively. Finally, the limitations and implications of the current study were discussed.