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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2008 Aug 20;160(3):327–334. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.09.005

Table 2.

Evaluation of discriminant validity.

Subscales Total Score

Re-experiencing Avoidance Arousal SSS
Country of origin:
 Iraq (n = 238)
  Mean 7.63 5.67 6.33 19.63
  (SD) (4.53) (4.62) (4.40) (11.77)
 Other (n = 215)
  Mean 4.28 2.74 2.67 9.70
  (SD) (4.26) (3.60) (3.25) (9.78)
  t-test 8.09 7.56 10.61 9.81
  (df) (451) (441.68) (434.42) (447.97)
  sign. P < .001 P < .001 P < .001 P < .001
Lived in refugee camp
 Yes (n = 168)
  Mean 7.57 5.34 6.28 19.18
  (SD) (4.62) (4.27) (4.31) (11.38)
 No (n = 285)
  Mean 5.15 3.66 3.60 12.40
  (SD) (5.15) (4.38) (3.97) (11.56)
  t-test 4.53 3.99 6.72 6.07
  (df) (451) (451) (451) (451)
  sign. P < .001 P < .001 P < .001 P < .001
Functioning (impairment of)
 Mod./Sev. (n = 183)
  Mean 8.90 7.02 7.14 23.06
  (SD) (4.23) (4.59) (4.17) (19.90)
 Little/Non (n = 270)
  Mean 4.11 2.42 2.87 9.40
  (SD) (3.98) (3.14) (3.44) (9.13)
  t-test 12.24 11.82 11.48 13.96
  (df) (451) (295.73) (339.90) (343.86)
  sign. P < .001 P < .001 P < .001 P < .001
CES-D Score > 18
 Yes (n = 248)
  Mean 7.84 6.21 6.57 20.62
  (SD) (4.59) (4.65) (4.45) (11.92)
 No (n = 199)
  Mean 3.81 1.89 2.12 7.81
  (SD) (3.84) (2.52) (2.39) (7.19)
  t-test 10.13 12.51 13.52 14.04
  (df) (444.23) (394.61) (396.37) (414.94)
  sign. P < .001 P < .001 P < .001 P < .001