TABLE 1.
Study 1 and Study 2 comparisons between those choosing SER and PE
| Study 1: community trauma |
Study 2: PTSD treatment seeking |
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| SER (n = 9) |
PE (n = 58) |
Total (n = 74) |
SER (n = 8) |
PE (n = 23) |
Total (n = 31) |
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| Variable | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD |
| PTSD severity (PSS-I) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31.88 | 7.47 | 27.78 | 07.43 | 28.84 | 7.54 |
| PTSD severity (PDS) | 22.56 | 13.03 | 22.21 | 11.41 | 22.10 | 11.48 | 40.25a | 3.99 | 30.70b | 07.19 | 33.16 | 7.72 |
| Depression (BDI) | 14.56 | 7.18 | 13.37 | 10.04 | 13.51 | 9.86 | 34.50a | 6.63 | 22.03b | 10.59 | 25.25 | 11.11 |
| Anxiety (STAI-Trait) | 53.56 | 10.56 | 50.70 | 13.26 | 50.83 | 13.12 | 70.00a | 7.21 | 56.35b | 10.53 | 59.88 | 11.42 |
| Age (years) | 39.78 | 14.25 | 30.79 | 12.75 | 31.82 | 13.10 | 35.12 | 8.20 | 29.57 | 9.09 | 31.00 | 9.08 |
| Sexual assault (%) | 53.8 | 58.6 | 58.1 | 87.5 | 72.7 | 76.7 | ||||||
| Ethnicity (% African–American) | 22.2 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 37.5 | 21.7 | 25.8 | ||||||
| Income (% <$20,000) | 53.8 | 37.9 | 39.2 | 75 | 50 | 56.7 | ||||||
| Employment (% full) | 46.2a | 69b | 66.2 | 25 | 34.8 | 32.3 | ||||||
| Education (% college) | 30.8 | 31 | 32.4 | 0a | 39.1b | 29 | ||||||
Notes: Differing subscripts reflect differences at P<.05. For Study 1, the ns for PE and SER do not add to 74 because several participants chose “no treatment” and three did not make any treatment choice.