Table 1

Characteristics of the participants reporting exposure to a violent event and descriptive statistics

VariablenMean (SD) or %Range
Gender (% female)498877%
Age498842.76 (9.53)24–68
Procedural justice49883.15 (0.96)1–5
Interactional justice49883.73 (1.02)1–5
Disturbed sleep*
 Pre-event10562.48 (1.05)1–6
 Event49882.65 (1.15)1–6
 Postevent16962.61 (1.12)1–6
  • *Mean score for the Jenkins Sleep Problems Scale.

  • Age, procedural justice and interactional justice were measured the same year when exposure to violence was reported.