Table 3.
K-Means Cluster Analysis Findings for PTSD Participants (n=1176)
PSY 5 Scale | Groups | ||||
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Cluster 1 (n=280) | Cluster 2 (n=317) | Cluster 3 (n=579) | F | Contrasts | |
Low pathology | Externalizers | Internalizers | |||
AGG | 7.19 | 9.94 | 8.23 | 90.71* | 1<2,1<3,2>3 |
PSY | 3.93 | 8.11 | 8.93 | 194.00* | 1<2,1<3 |
CON | 14.84 | 12.07 | 16.11 | 119.12* | 1>2,1<3,2<3 |
NEN | 9.31 | 17.92 | 18.36 | 714.40* | 1<2,1<3,2<3 |
PEE | 18.10 | 16.37 | 7.07 | 1109.60* | 1>2,1>3,2>3 |
p < .01
Note. For the low pathology group (n = 280), 122 (44%) were from the PTSD clinic sample and 158 (56%) from the VES sample. For the externalizer group (n = 317), 218 (69%) were from the PTSD clinic sample and 99 (31%) were from the VES sample. Finally, for the internalizer group (n=579), 537 (93%) were from the PTSD group and 42 (7%) were from the VES group.