Table 4.

Correlations Involving Latent General Distress and Individual PTSD Symptoms

	Community Violence		Fire		Symptom Mean
	3-Month	12-Month	3-Month	15-Month
PTSD Cluster and Symptom Number
Reexperiencing
B1	0.59	0.61	0.67	0.57	0.61
B2	0.62	0.59	0.62	0.55	0.60
B3	0.60	0.58	0.52	0.55	0.56
B4	0.53	0.69	0.62	0.61	0.61
B5	0.59	0.69	0.76	0.65	0.67
Avoidance
C1	0.47	0.46	0.63	0.61	0.54
C2	0.49	0.54	0.73	0.59	0.59
Dysphoria
C3	0.46	0.32	0.54	0.66	0.49
C4	0.52	0.60	0.72	0.67	0.63
C5	0.58	0.62	0.82	0.72	0.69
C6	0.65	0.65	0.74	0.79	0.71
C7	0.63	0.58	0.78	0.82	0.70
D1	0.61	0.71	0.72	0.71	0.69
D2	0.61	0.78	0.77	0.77	0.60
D3	0.62	0.75	0.87	0.80	0.71
Hyperarousal
D4	0.52	0.56	0.64	0.69	0.55
D5	0.71	0.64	0.80	0.71	0.68
Mean (Reexperiencing)	0.59	0.63	0.64	0.59
Mean (Avoidance)	0.48	0.50	0.68	0.60
Mean (Dysphoria)	0.59	0.63	0.75	0.74
Mean (Hyperarousal)	0.62	0.60	0.72	0.70
Mean (Non-Dysphoria)	0.57	0.60	0.66	0.61

Note. All correlations are significant at p < .001; PTSD = Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; R = Reexperiencing; A = Avoidance; D = Dysphoria; H = Hyperarousal. B1 – D5 correspond to DSM-IV symptom criteria.