Question

Christine experienced trauma as a child when she witnessed her father’s murder. Kim experienced no trauma as a child. Both girls are now adults. As compared with Kim’s present-day stress responses, Christine’s are MOST likely ______.

Answer 1

Answer:

Christine is most likely to have high stress responses and experience traumatic responses.

Explanation:

Traumatic responses are those responses that someone exhibits as a result of the trauma he or she passes through while a child. The responses later manifest in the adult stage and could be in various forms like  intense and ongoing emotional upset, depressive symptoms, anxiety, behavioral changes, difficulties with attention, academic difficulties, nightmares. Also physical symptoms such as difficulty in sleeping and eating, aches, pains are part of it.

This simply shows that Christine's stress response would definitely be high.