The impact of gender on the factor structure of PTSD symptoms among active duty United States military personnel

The findings support how PTSD may present differently in men and women, and the need for examination of possible differing experiences of PTSD in populations of trauma survivors. The DSM-5 and potential changes in ICD-11 classifications increase the importance of how gender differences might be evidenced, and in how post trauma schema is manifested when gender is a consideration.