Table 3.
Means, standard deviations, skew, kurtosis, Cronbach’s alphas, and inter-correlations for the DTS total and subscale scores (n = 158)
| Scales | Scale characteristics | Pearson correlations | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # Items | M | S.D. | Skew | Kurtosis | Alpha | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | |
| 1. Total score | 17 | 35.52 | 37.57 | 0.86 | −0.53 | 0.97 | – | ||||
| 2. Reexperiencing | 5 | 2.01 | 2.16 | 0.89 | −0.45 | 0.92 | 0.90 | – | |||
| 3. Avoidance/numbing | 7 | 2.04 | 2.56 | 0.96 | −0.44 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.80 | – | ||
| 4. Hyperarousal | 5 | 1.86 | 2.27 | 1.04 | −0.18 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.82 | 0.91 | – | |
| 5. Avoidance | 2 | 2.48 | 2.65 | 0.70 | −1.00 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.95 | 0.82 | – |
| 6. Numbing | 5 | 1.95 | 2.27 | 0.98 | −0.28 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.73 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.77 |
Notes. Standard error for skew = 0.19. Standard error for kurtosis = 0.38. All correlations are significant at p < 0.001. Subscale means represent an verage across items on that scale.