Table 5.

Means and ANOVAS for Comparisons of Memories for Stressful Events with Word-Cued, Important, and Positive Events

Variable	Means				ANOVA’s F(1,115)
	For Four Memory Types				Comparison: Stressful versus			Interaction with PTSD Group
	Word- Cued	Import -ant	Posi- tive	Stress -ful	Word-Cued	Important	Positive	Word-Cued	Important	Positive
Emotions
Intensity	4.41	4.97	5.33	5.69	110.11****	41.96****	7.01**	1.27	1.04	1.82
Reaction	3.91	4.46	4.60	4.88	39.12****	7.01**	2.31	2.37	1.65	2.55
Valence	0.78	1.33	2.33	−1.63	226.86****	283.32****	411.27****	1.72	2.78	7.81**
Rehearsal
Rehearsal	3.83	4.61	5.05	4.92	72.70****	7.17**	0.40	0.40	0.49	1.68
Involuntary	3.29	3.91	4.18	4.43	66.91****	17.14****	6.21*	8.12**	0.35	0.44
Centrality
Life-Story	4.30	5.68	6.09	5.95	126.45****	5.55*	1.56	0.16	1.24	0.18
Sensory and Language Processes
See	5.49	5.70	5.78	5.83	12.77***	1.91	0.04	0.02	0.02	1.19
Field	6.05	6.16	6.29	6.16	1.49	0.13	1.41	0.12	1.12	1.41
Setting	5.51	5.77	5.88	5.84	14.06***	0.61	0.65	0.04	0.06	1.43
Hear	4.39	4.68	5.07	5.13	33.01****	14.90***	0.49	2.41	0.54	0.54
Smell	3.29	3.04	3.22	3.19	0.24	1.35	0.09	0.10	0.00	0.15
In-Words	3.54	4.02	4.25	4.28	27.09****	6.34*	0.39	0.05	0.03	1.23
Narrative
Story	5.03	5.51	5.64	5.62	20.16****	1.13	0.09	0.27	0.00	0.31
Pieces	3.30	3.14	3.08	3.41	0.15	2.73	5.83*	1.04	2.73	4.23*
Metacognitive Judgments
Reliving	4.57	5.01	5.45	5.26	23.85****	4.94*	5.30*	4.02*	0.87	2.65
Belief	6.30	6.53	6.56	6.53	11.29**	0.01	0.21	0.74	0.08	0.03
Reported Properties of Events
Specific	0.55	0.62	0.57	0.57	0.41	1.75	0.14	0.06	0.01	0.72
Age-of-Memory	19.80	17.89	15.58	16.06	19.50****	7.79**	0.01	0.02	8.97**	4.08*

Note:

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001,

^****p < .0001, all F(1,115), except merged, which is F(1,73), F(1,64), and F(1,62) for the word-cued, important, and positive comparisons, respectively. For means for the means of the three-way interaction of PTSD group by stressful versus another memory type, see Tables 3 and 4. The age-of memory is in years.