Table 1.
Demographic, trauma related, and pre-treatment clinical measures
| Measure | Total (N=63) |
Children (N=38) |
Adolescents (N=25) |
Statistic | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (%) | χ2(1) = 3.01 | 0.08 | |||
| Male | 26 (41.3) | 19 (50.0) | 7 (28.0) | ||
| Female | 37 (58.7) | 19 (50.0) | 18 (72.0) | ||
| Age | 11.9 (3.2) | 9.6 (1.7) | 15.3 (1.5) | F(1,61) = 181.2 | <0.001 |
| Living with both biological parents (%) |
38 (60.3) | 22 (57.9) | 16 (64.0) | χ2(1) = 0.24 | 0.63 |
| Parental education (years) | |||||
| Mother | 13.8 (2.9) | 13.6 (2.9) | 14.1 (3.0) | F(1,45) = 0.28 | 0.60 |
| Father | 14.2 (3.1) | 13.6 (2.2) | 15.2 (4.1) | F(1,23) = 1.61 | 0.22 |
| Type of Trauma (%) | χ2(4) = 6.83 | 0.23 | |||
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | 24 (38.1) | 16 (42.1) | 8 (32.0) | ||
| Terror Attacks | 18 (28.6) | 9 (23.7) | 9 (36.0) | ||
| Non-sexual assault | 2 (3.2) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (4.0) | ||
| Sexual assault | 9 (14.3) | 4 (10.5) | 5 (20.0) | ||
| Other | 10 (15.8) | 8 (21.1) | 2 (8.0) | ||
| Time since trauma (in months) |
17.0 (17.5) | 17.5 (17.6) | 16.3 (17.7) | F(1,52) = 0.07 | 0.80 |
| Number of missing sessions | 1.5 (1.6) | 1.6 (1.6) | 1.2 (1.5) | F(1,61) = 0.94 | 0.34 |
| Additional AXIS-I disorder (%) |
30 (47.6) | 11 (28.9) | 19 (76.0) | χ2(1) = 13.38 | <0.001 |
| MDD (%) | 14 (22.2) | 1 (2.6) | 13 (52.0) | χ2(1) = 21.26 | <0.001 |
| Anxiety disorders (%) | 14 (22.2) | 6 (15.8) | 8 (32.0) | χ2(1) = 2.29 | 0.13 |
| Disruptive behavior disorders (%) |
10 (15.9) | 4 (10.5) | 6 (24.0) | χ2(1) = 2.05 | 0.15 |
| Medication (%) | 5 (7.9) | 1 (2.6) | 4 (16.0) | χ2(1) = 3.69 | 0.06 |
| CPSS | 24.8 (9.4) | 23.6 (9.6) | 26.6 (8.9) | F(1,61) = 1.62 | 0.21 |
| BDI | - | - | 18.5 (8.2) | - | - |
| CDI | - | 11.3 (7.0) | - | - | - |
| Converted BDIa | 15.3 (8.6) | 13.2 (8.4) | 18.5 (8.2) | F(1,61) = 6.14 | <0.05 |
Note. MDD = Major depressive disorder; ADHD = Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; CPSS = Child posttraumatic stress disorder symptom scale; BDI = Beck depression inventory; CDI = Children’s depression inventory.
a
To facilitate comparison we converted CDI scores into BDI scores. First, we divided CDI scores by the total possible score (54) and turned them into percentages. Second, we multiplied these percentages by the total BDI score (63) to assign a converted BDI score.