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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2011 Aug 22;42(3):533–543. doi: 10.1017/S0033291711001565

Table 4.

Contributions of PTSD, attention bias for threat, and interaction of PTSD/threat bias on early extinction after controlling for incidence of childhood and adult trauma (n=55)

R2 β p
Step 1 CTQ total 0.01 −0.19 0.74
TEI total 5.1 0.39
Step 2 CTQ total 0.18 −0.73 0.2
TEI total 3.53 0.52
PTSD diagnosis 64.18 0.003*
Step 3 CTQ total 0.28 −0.87 0.11
TEI total 3.35 0.52
PTSD diagnosis 52.06 0.011*
Threat bias 0.35 0.012*
Step 4 CTQ total 0.44 −1.3 0.01*
TEI total 11.04 0.03*
PTSD diagnosis 29.21 0.12
Threat bias −1.12 0.008*
PTSD/Threat bias Interaction 1.0 <0.001*

PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; TEI, Traumatic Events Interview.

*

Dependent variable=startle response, early extinction (p<0.05).

Represents threat bias for Caucasian faces only.