Table 2.
Pearson’s Correlations Among Manifest (Observed) Variables in the Structural Equation Model
| Study variables | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Female | −.14 | −.05 | −.004 | .01 | .08 | .04 | .07 | −.02 | .01 | .07 | .03 | .10 | .09 | .04 | .11 |
| 2. Y1 Income | .12 | .06 | .03 | −.10 | .01 | .03 | .23 | .31 | −.05 | −.07 | −.02 | −.14 | −.13 | −.10 | |
| 3. Y1 WTCD Expos. | .09 | .002 | .20 | .16 | .09 | −.08 | .01 | .19 | .18 | .17 | .15 | .15 | .17 | ||
| 4. Y1 Dep. pre-WTCD | .11 | .09 | .15 | .06 | −.18 | −.01 | .28 | .24 | .28 | .19 | .18 | .19 | |||
| 5. Y1 Panic pre-WTCD | .07 | .04 | .06 | −.04 | .04 | .09 | .07 | .14 | .10 | .06 | .08 | ||||
| 6. Y1 Perievent panic | .16 | .08 | −.16 | −.10 | .25 | .19 | .21 | .21 | .26 | .22 | |||||
| 7. Y2 Negative events | .26 | −.17 | −.05 | .20 | .19 | .21 | .31 | .33 | .32 | ||||||
| 8. Y2 Trauma events | −.11 | −.04 | .09 | .11 | .13 | .21 | .17 | .22 | |||||||
| 9. Y2 Self-esteem | .29 | −.19 | −.21 | −.22 | −.37 | −.40 | −.36 | ||||||||
| 10. Y2 Social support | −.06 | −.10 | −.08 | −.15 | −.17 | −.19 | |||||||||
| 11. Y1 Reexperience | .51 | .56 | .39 | .32 | .35 | ||||||||||
| 12. Y1 Avoid | .51 | .34 | .36 | .34 | |||||||||||
| 13. Y1 Arousal | .36 | .36 | .39 | ||||||||||||
| 14. Y2 Reexperience | .58 | .58 | |||||||||||||
| 15. Y2 Avoid | .65 | ||||||||||||||
| 16. Y2 Arousal | – |
Note. All correlations are from weighted survey data. WTCD = World Trade Center Disaster; Y1 = Year 1; Y2 = Year 2. All correlations greater than .08 are significant at p < .001.