TABLE 3.

Direct and Indirect Effects for the Path Model of PTSD Symptoms

Causal Variable	Endogenous Variables
	Trait Dissociation		Peritraumatic Diss.		PTSD Symptoms
	St.	SE	St.	SE	St.	SE
Prior Trauma
Direct effect	0.23***	0.07	0.03	0.08	0.13†	0.07
Total indirect effects	—	—	0.04*	0.02	0.06*	0.03
Total effect	0.23***	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.18*	0.07
Trait Dissociation
Direct effect	—	—	0.17*	0.08	0.18**	0.07
Total indirect effects	—	—	—	—	0.04*	0.02
Total effect	—	—	0.17*	0.08	0.22**	0.07
Critical Incident Exposure
Direct effect	—	—	0.26***	0.07	0.21***	0.07
Total indirect effects	—	—	—	—	0.05***	0.03
Total effect	—	—	0.26***	0.07	0.27***	0.07
Peritraumatic Dissociation
Direct effect	—	—	—	—	0.21**	0.07
Total indirect effects	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total effect	—	—	—	—	0.21**	0.07

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p <.001.

^†p = 0.081.

St. = Standardized β; SE = standard error for standardized effects.