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Published in final edited form as: J Consult Clin Psychol. 2002 Aug;70(4):867–879. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.70.4.867

Table 3.

Mean Scores for Treatment Completers: Cognitive-Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Minimal Attention (MA) Groups

Pretreatment
Posttreatment
3 months
9 months
Measure and group n M SD n M SD n M SD n M SD
CAPS
 CPT 41 73.71 18.47 41 20.66 15.60 37 26.78 20.03 26 29.27 23.56
 PE 40 76.43 19.11 40 25.40 23.54 37 34.27 26.89 26 24.12 18.78
 MA 40 69.88 19.91 40 69.73 19.19
BDI
 CPT 40 23.43 10.30 39 6.82 5.68 37 7.86 7.77 23 9.57 8.75
 PE 40 23.90 9.15 38 11.42 9.90 34 13.23 11.36 24 9.21 6.32
 MA 38 23.50 8.31 37 22.30 9.09
PSS
 CPT 41 29.22 8.72 40 8.30 6.00 36 9.75 9.04 24 9.53 9.28
 PE 40 29.93 8.84 40 11.80 9.87 34 12.72 10.98 26 10.23 9.12
 MA 39 28.94 7.47 39 27.95 8.41
Global guilt
 CPT 41 2.37 1.16 36 0.85 0.68 24 0.66 0.63
 PE 40 2.52 1.11 37 1.20 0.84 26 1.06 0.89
 MA 13 2.69 0.72 37 2.35 0.97
Hindsight bias
 CPT 40 1.88 1.10 35 0.34 0.57 23 0.39 0.43
 PE 38 2.12 1.18 35 1.02 0.85 25 0.90 0.78
 MA 13 2.03 0.99 36 1.95 1.04
Lack of justification
 CPT 39 2.56 1.07 35 1.08 0.91 25 1.40 1.05
 PE 39 2.61 1.04 34 2.01 0.98 25 1.98 1.07
 MA 12 2.79 0.62 34 2.68 1.01
Wrongdoing
 CPT 40 1.55 1.04 35 0.70 0.84 25 0.56 0.68
 PE 38 1.89 0.82 35 1.17 0.84 25 0.82 0.67
 MA 12 2.55 0.92 34 1.86 1.07

Note. CAPS = Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; PSS = PTSD Symptom Scale; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.