Table 7.

Relationship between Stress Load and Measures of Psychopathology

	ELS-events/ ELS-scores	PPS-events/ PPS-scores	AS-events/ AS-scores
BPRS
patients:	rs = .22*/.21*	n.s.	n.s.
PANAS-negative affect
patients:	rs = .40***/.39***	rs = .39***/.37***	rs = n.s./.23*
comparison group:	rs = .36*/n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
total sample:	rs = .46 ***/.47***	rs = .46***/.48***	rs = n.s./.36***
high- vs. low-stress groups	N = 28 vs. N = 40	N = 39 vs. N = 32
	t(66) = 3.80 **	t(69) = 3.40**
BDI
patients:	rs = .35***/.33**	rs = .29**/.30**	rs = n.s. ?/.22*
comparison group:	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
high- vs. low-stress groups	N = 28 vs. N = 39	N = 39 vs. N = 32
	t(65) = 3.16**	t(69) = 3.33**
PTSD symptoms (PDS)
patients:	rs =.46***/.50***	rs =.47***/.50***	rs =.32***/.42**
comparison group:	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
high- vs. low-stress groups	N = 28 vs. N = 40	N = 39 vs. N = 32	N = 32 vs. N = 31
	t(66) = 5.39***	t(69) = 5.42***	t(61) = 3.58***

Note: BPRS: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. PANAS: Positive and Negative Affect Scale. BDI: Beck Depression Inventory. PTSD symptoms (PDS): severity (intrusions, avoidance, arousal) of the worst traumatic event according to Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale. Correlations are represented by Spearman's rho. Significance levels of correlation coefficients and subgroup comparisons: * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.