. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 21.

Published in final edited form as: J Consult Clin Psychol. 2010 Dec;78(6):974–979. doi: 10.1037/a0020758

Table 3.

Comparison of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) and No CSA on Pretreatment PTSD Severity, Depression Severity, Early Alliance, and Social Support

Self-report measure	CSA (n = 82)		No CSA (n = 106)		F	Cohen’s d
Self-report measure	M	SD	M	SD	F	Cohen’s d
PTSD severity (PSS-SR)	34.54	8.71	33.46	8.51	0.73	0.12
Depression (BDI)	25.71	9.14	24.33	10.29	0.91	0.14
Early alliance (WAI-C)	64.74	11.09	65.81	12.47	0.30	0.06
Positive trauma-related support (SRQpos)	37.00	14.64	37.40	16.74	0.03	0.02
Negative trauma-related support (SRQneg)	34.10	20.40	28.80	16.48	3.77^*	0.80
General support (ISSB)	83.20	27.91	84.95	30.95	0.15	0.06

Note. PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; PSS–SR = PTSD Symptom Scale—Self-Report; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; WAI-C = Working Alliance Inventory, mean of Sessions 2 and 4; SRQpos = Social Reactions Questionnaire, positive support scale; SRQneg = Social Reactions Questionnaire, negative support scale; ISSB = Inventory of Socially Supportive Behaviors.

p < .05.