Gender differences in trajectories of mental health symptoms among Chinese earthquake survivors

Posttraumatic stress symptoms and depressive symptoms are prevalent after natural disasters. However, in a Chinese trauma context, little research examined the long-term trajectories of these two symptoms with a gender perspective.Data came from an 8-year longitudinal survey of 3522 Wenchuan earthquake adult survivors. We used multilevel growth-curve models to investigate the trajectories of PTSS and depressive symptoms; adopted conditional...