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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2009 Jul;37(5):727–737. doi: 10.1007/s10802-009-9300-x

Table 1.

Descriptive Results for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Severity Indices, and Services Receipt

Measure Overall sample Girls only Boys only T score,OR [95% CI], or
RRR [95% CI]
PTSS score at baseline
 Mean (SD); Range 51.74 (11.25); 33–87 51.55 (10.91); 33–83 52.39 (12.37); 34–87 t=0.59, ns
PTSS score at 18 months
 Mean (SD); Range 49.55 (10.13); 33–76 49.70 (10.30); 33–76 49.00 (9.58); 34–72 t=−0.52, ns
PTSS score at 36 months
 Mean (SD); Range 48.90 (10.32); 33–87 48.92 (9.99); 33–87 48.86 (11.43); 34–80 t=−0.04, ns
PTSD-consistent score at baseline
 (percent t scores ≥ 65)
13.9 13.3 15.7 0.79 [0.44, 1.42]
PTSD-consistent score at 18 months
 (percent t scores ≥ 65)
9.7 10.0 8.5 0.90 [0.53, 1.54]
PTSD-consistent score at 36 months
 (percent t scores ≥ 65)
8.3 7.6 11.0 0.79 [0.46, 1.36]
Harm
 Mean (SD); Range 1.84 (1.08); 0–3 1.92 (1.06); 0–3 1.56 (1.10); 0–3 t=−2.66**
Percent substantiated 72.0 77.0 55.1 2.73** [1.66, 4.49]
Percent penetrative abuse 48.6 50.7 41.8 1.37 [0.85, 2.21]
Percent multiple-maltreated 41.7 41.6 42.2 1.02 [0.64, 1.65]
Duration of abuse
 % incident lasting “days” 21.5 22.4 18.4 1.24 [0.55, 2.79]1
 % incident lasting “weeks” 5.8 5.2 8.2 0.64 [0.19, 2.21]1
 % incident lasting “months” 72.6 72.4 73.5
Percent receiving CPS services 86.1 83.5 88.8 0.74 [0.35, 1.53]
*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01

1

Relative risk ratio for girls compared to boys, for period of time indicated compared to “months”