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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Conscious Cogn. 2011 Apr 13;20(3):840–856. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.03.015

Table 6.

Comparison of Involuntary and Voluntary Memories from Experiment 2

Variable Means ANOVAs (F1,84)
Involuntary Voluntary Group Voluntary/
Involuntary
Inter-
action


Control
Group
PTSD
Group
Control
Group
PTSD
Group
Emotions
Intensity 2.82 4.00 2.63 3.78 17.88**** 8.63*** 0.04
Reaction 2.38 3.29 2.16 3.10 11.00** 12.87*** 0.10
Mood Change 3.05 4.30 2.86 3.97 17.73**** 11.87*** 0.95
Valence 0.31 −0.29 0.41 0.07 5.41* 8.07** 2.60
Rehearsal
Rehearsal 3.22 3.91 3.37 4.24 8.66** 13.77*** 1.84
Involuntary 3.19 4.14 3.10 4.10 10.99** 0.93 0.15
Centrality
Life-Story 2.85 4.05 2.89 4.18 14.83*** 1.37 0.43
Sensory and Language Processes
See 5.85 5.95 5.77 5.96 0.40 0.46 0.74
Field 5.64 5.96 5.74 5.97 1.73 1.64 1.23
Setting 5.92 5.83 5.95 5.92 0.08 1.66 0.57
Hear 4.01 4.74 4.02 4.73 4.21* 0.01 0.02
Smell 1.92 2.44 1.94 2.40 2.26 0.01 0.31
In-Words 3.26 3.64 3.23 3.55 0.83 1.23 0.38
Narrative
Story 4.77 5.44 4.78 5.50 4.30* 0.38 0.15
Pieces 2.92 2.73 2.97 2.65 0.69 0.03 0.91
Metacognitive Judgments
Reliving 4.11 4.83 4.04 4.49 2.97 6.60* 2.69
Belief 5.82 6.18 5.85 6.23 2.95 1.47 0.04
Reported Properties of Events
Specific 0.55 0.53 0.55 0.54 0.06 0.11 0.01
Age-of-Memory1 4.23 4.64 4.35 4.79 1.50 5.72* 0.08
Trauma Related 0.28 0.44 0.26 0.42 5.78* 0.80 0.01

Note:

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.

1

years between the event and the testing.