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. 2012 Aug 9;3:10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.18479. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.18479

Table 3.

Correlation coefficients (r Pearson) between PDS scores and other measures used in the trauma exposed sample (Study 2)

Number of symptoms (PDS) Symptoms severity (PDS)


B C D Total score B C D Total score
IES (n=100)
Intrusions 0.75* 0.77* 0.78* 0.80* 0.85* 0.85* 0.88* 0.88*
Avoidance 0.78* 0.81* 0.82* 0.84* 0.82* 0.86* 0.88* 0.88*
Total score 0.78* 0.81* 0.82* 0.84* 0.85* 0.87* 0.90* 0.90*
IES-R (n=152)
Intrusions 0.37* 0.29* 0.40* 0.40* 0.40* 0.35* 0.42* 0.44*
Arousal 0.45* 0.48* 0.53* 0.56* 0.50* 0.55* 0.61* 0.63*
Avoidance 0.39* 0.39* 0.34* 0.43* 0.45* 0.45* 0.42* 0.50*
Total score 0.48* 0.45* 0.50* 0.55* 0.54* 0.52* 0.57* 0.62*
GHQ-28 (n=40)
Somatic symptoms 0.31 0.36 0.28 0.34 0.39 0.32 0.37 0.38
Anxiety/insomnia 0.14 0.17 0.26 0.20 0.26 0.22 0.34 0.29
Social dysfunction 0.31 0.31 0.22 0.30 0.37 0.36 0.32 0.37
Severe depression 0.25 0.29 0.28 0.29 0.33 0.27 0.31 0.32
Total score 0.29 0.32 0.30 0.32 0.38 0.33 0.38 0.39
GHQ-12 (n=58)
Total score 0.76* 0.76* 0.82* 0.88* 0.78* 0.80* 0.84* 0.88*

PDS, Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale; IES, Impact of Events Scale; IES-R, Impact of Events Scale-Revised; GHQ-12 and GHQ-28, General Health Questionnaire.

*

p <.01.