Table 4.
Comparison of PTSD Symptoms in Those with None vs. One or More High Magnitude Stressor (HMS) and Persisting Posttraumatic Distress (PPD) Events.
| Sample | HMSs | t | PPDs | t | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | One or More | None | One or More | |||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |||
| Homeless Veterans | - | - | - | - | - | 38.3 | 17.1 | 42.6 | 15.5 | 1.10 |
| Hospital Trauma | - | - | - | - | - | 8.11 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 11.1 | 3.45** |
| University Student | 25.6 | 9.13 | 27.3 | 10.2 | 1.04 | 25.0 | 9.0 | 31.0 | 10.6 | 3.87*** |
| Young Adults | 7.0 | 7.2 | 10.9 | 8.5 | 2.83** | 8.1 | 7.0 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 4.96*** |
| Adults | - | - | - | - | - | 7.5 | 8.7 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 2.13* |
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001
a = not calculated due to low n in group with no HMS events
Note: PTSD symptoms were assessed with the PCL-C for the homeless veteran and university samples and with the SPTSS for the hospital trauma, young adult, and adult samples.