Objective Assessments of Community Violence Positively Predict PTSD Symptom Response Following Potentially Traumatic Event(s) (PTE)

Census data has been routinely utilized in epidemiological studies yet rarely used in psychological/psychiatric empirical research. The authors created an objective measure to assess community characteristics, specifically violent/non-violent crime, health statistics, and population. Factor analyses indicate that violent-crime neighborhood characteristics positively predict the development of distress versus resilience.