Table 2.
WMS-III Verbal Memory Task Scores of Participants in the Childhood Trauma Group and the No Childhood Trauma Group
| Trauma Group, n = 38, Mean (SD) | No Trauma Group, n = 47, Mean (SD) | F | P | η2 | |
| WMS-III logical memory | |||||
| Immediate recall | 6.41 (3.33) | 7.44 (3.66) | 2.832 | .044* | 0.099 |
| Delayed recall | 6.27 (2.75) | 7.64 (3.34) | 2.85 | .043* | 0.1 |
| Recognition | 20.43 (4.05) | 22.02 (4.48) | 1.23 | .304 | 0.046 |
| % Retention | 7.62 (3.61) | 8.47 (3.51) | 1.137 | .326 | 0.028 |
| WMS-III word lists | |||||
| Immediate recall | 6.46 (3.06) | 6.22 (4.18) | 2.223 | .092 | 0.08 |
| Delayed recall | 9.22 (2.94) | 8.96 (3.44) | 0.339 | .797 | 0.013 |
| Recognition | 8.95 (3.04) | 8.51 (4.03) | 3.295 | .025* | 0.114 |
| % Retention | 10.14 (3.37) | 9.56 (3.96) | 0.185 | .906 | 0.007 |
| WMS-III letter-number sequencing | |||||
| Total score | 7.92 (2.19) | 8.58 (3.34) | 6.000 | .001** | 0.189 |
Note: All results are shown as a multivariate analysis of covariance (covarying for IQ and current levels of depression). WMS-III, Wechsler Memory Scale-Third Edition.
*Significant at P <.05; **significant at P <.001.