Survey of Taiwanese Adolescent Trauma Exposure, Alcohol Use, and Probable PTSD

Theodoros Mazarakis authored a cross-sectional survey dataset of 751 junior-high students from Han Chinese, Amis, and Atayal ethnic groups in rural eastern Taiwan. The data was collected to examine associations between caregiver and adolescent alcohol use, exposure to traumatic events, and probable PTSD likelihood. The dataset was last updated on 2026-06-04 and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze ethnic differences in trauma types associated with probable PTSD based on the description of distinct profiles for Han, Amis, and Atayal adolescents.
• Test the high-risk environmental framework versus the self-medication hypothesis for adolescent alcohol use and trauma based on the study's findings.
• Investigate associations between caregiver alcohol use and adolescent trauma exposure across different cultural groups.
• Compare trauma exposure prevalence between Indigenous and Han Chinese adolescent populations as indicated by the results.

Strengths

• Includes data from 751 adolescent participants across three distinct ethnic groups (Han, Amis, Atayal).
• Explicitly tests and rejects the self-medication hypothesis, providing a clear analytical finding.
• Identifies culturally distinct trauma profiles linked to probable PTSD for each ethnic group studied.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 25.4 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Theodoros Mazarakis

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey using the Chinese UCLA PTSD Reaction Index and a trauma-exposure checklist.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:41:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rural eastern Taiwan, focusing on Han Chinese, Amis, and Atayal communities.