Table 7.
Comparison of Trauma and Non-Trauma Related Memories from Experiment 2
Variable | Means | Trauma Related ANOVAs F(1,69) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Related | Main Effect | Interactions | ||||
No | Yes | PTSD Group | Involuntary | Three-Way | ||
Emotions | ||||||
Intensity | 3.27 | 4.32 | 34.93**** | 3.13 | 0.01 | 0.30 |
Reaction | 2.75 | 3.37 | 11.95*** | 0.03 | 0.60 | 0.25 |
Mood Change | 3.67 | 4.31 | 12.21*** | 0.60 | 0.88 | 0.13 |
Valence | 0.47 | −0.46 | 29.76**** | 4.80* | 0.06 | 0.24 |
Rehearsal | ||||||
Rehearsal | 3.33 | 4.40 | 60.70**** | 3.07 | 0.36 | 0.10 |
Involuntary | 3.29 | 4.54 | 71.35**** | 3.49 | 2.37 | 2.39 |
Centrality | ||||||
Life-Story | 3.15 | 4.78 | 59.65**** | 1.75 | 0.54 | 0.24 |
Sensory and Language Processes | ||||||
See | 5.83 | 6.02 | 3.68 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
Field | 5.75 | 5.93 | 3.55 | 0.00 | 2.63 | 6.37* |
Setting | 5.81 | 5.99 | 2.58 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
Hear | 4.40 | 4.75 | 5.56* | 0.62 | 2.19 | 0.25 |
Smell | 2.16 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 4.24* | 0.06 | 0.14 |
In-Words | 2.33 | 3.69 | 9.06** | 0.74 | 8.55** | 8.64** |
Narrative | ||||||
Story | 5.09 | 5.48 | 10.10** | 0.10 | 1.53 | 0.20 |
Pieces | 2.78 | 2.78 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 1.02 |
Metacognitive Judgments | ||||||
Reliving | 4.28 | 4.92 | 20.70**** | 1.89 | 0.00 | 0.15 |
Belief | 6.01 | 6.21 | 5.05* | 0.00 | 0.87 | 0.17 |
Reported Properties of Events | ||||||
Specific | 0.63 | 0.46 | 12.60*** | 1.60 | 0.01 | 1.25 |
Age-of-Memory1 | 4.38 | 4.96 | 6.12* | 1.19 | 0.00 | 2.71 |
Note: Only the effects involving being trauma related or not are shown, as other effects are shown with more participants earlier.
p < .05,
p < .01,
p < .001,
p < .0001
Age-of-memory is from the seven point rating scale described in the procedure.