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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Dissociation. 2023 Jun 30;24(5):692–711. doi: 10.1080/15299732.2023.2231010

Table 4.

MIESS-C Item-Level Descriptive Statistics

Variable Female Male

M SD M SD
I saw things that were morally wrong 5.15 1.37 5.61 .70
I am troubled by having witnessed others’ immoral acts 4.29 1.59 4.06 1.73
I acted in ways that violated my own moral code or values 3.22 1.84 4.11 1.64
I am troubled by having acted in ways that violated my own moral code or values 3.27 1.92 4.00 1.64
I violated my own morals by failing to do something that I felt I should have done 3.40 1.86 4.00 1.71
I am troubled because I violated my morals by failing to do something that I felt like I should have done 3.33 1.77 3.28 1.84
I feel betrayed by specific people who I once trusted 4.67 1.69 4.39 1.94
I am troubled by this betrayal by specific people 4.39 1.73 3.83 1.95
I feel betrayed by the institutions that I am supposed to trust (e.g., police, church, schools, governmental workers) 4.35 1.78 4.78 1.63
I am troubled by this betrayal by the institutions that I am supposed to trust 4.14 1.90 4.33 1.71

Note: Female participants (n = 153), Min-Max = 1.00 – 6.00 for all items; Male participants (n = 18), Min-Max = 1.00 – 6.00 for all items