Table 1.

The influence of predictors on PTSD clinical improvement

	Self-reported PTSD symptoms of the past weeka		Interviewer-based PTSD symptoms of the past monthb
Predictors	β for interaction*	p-value	β for interaction*	p-value
Sociodemographic variables
Age	0.01	n.s.	–0.58	n.s.
Gender	0.99	0.025	23.27	0.01
Trauma-related variables
Time elapsed since trauma	0.41	n.s.	6.11	n.s.
Type of trauma	0.79	n.s.	5.93	n.s.
Comorbidity
No. of Axis I disorders	0.16	n.s.	–0.24	n.s.
Depression score	0.38	n.s.	8.26	n.s.
Borderline personality score	0.25	n.s.	–1.95	n.s.

Notes: n.s., Not significant; β, coefficients are standardized for the continuous predictors (not the categorical predictors).

^aPTSD Checklist (PCL).

^bClinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS).