The PTSD Data Set: Psychological Distress among Fire Victims

The PTSD data set comes from a sample of 316 survivors of residential fires who were interviewed at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after the fire (Keane et al. 1996). There are 948 records in the file, one for each person at each point in time. The variables are:

SUBJIDUnique numeric identifier for each person
PTSD1=person had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder at the interview; 0=otherwise
CONTROLScale of perceived control over several areas of life
PROBLEMSTotal number of problems reported in several areas of life
SEVENTNumber of stressful events since the last interview
COHESScale of family cohesion, measured only at first interview with values replicated for later time points ...

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