Table 1.
Sample Characteristics (N = 50)
| PTSD (n = 30) |
Non-PTSD (n = 20) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | n | % | Sign. diff. |
| Sex (Male) | 10 | 33.3 | 10 | 50.0 | ns |
| Ethnicity (Caucasian) | 14 | 46.7 | 12 | 60.0 | ns |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed, student | 17 | 56.6 | 13 | 65.0 | ns |
| Unemployed, retired | 13 | 43.3 | 7 | 35.0 | ns |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married/long-term relationship | 15 | 50.0 | 5 | 25.0 | ns |
| Single/divorced/other | 15 | 50.0 | 15 | 75.0 | ns |
| Trauma type | |||||
| Assault | 15 | 50.0 | 9 | 45.0 | ns |
| MVA | 15 | 50.0 | 11 | 55.0 | ns |
| Childhood abuse history | |||||
| Endorsed | 14 | 46.7 | 6 | 33.3 | ns |
| No information | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | |
| M | SD | M | SD | Sign. diff. | |
| Age (in years) | 42.3 | 10.6 | 37.0 | 13.7 | ns |
| Years of education (in years) | 14.2 | 2.8 | 14.8 | 3.2 | ns |
| Time since trauma (in years) | 4.1 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 9.6 | ns |
| Number of adult traumas | 6.8 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 3.0 | ns |
| PTSD symptom severity (PDS) | 29.0 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 7.8 | F = 36.2, p < .001 |
| Foreshortened future (% endorsed) | 11 | 39.4 | 1 | 5.0 | χ2 = 7.3, p = .008 |
| Permanent change (Range: 0–7) | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | F = 12.64, p = .001 |
| Imagery ability (Range: 0–55) | 41.41 | 8.40 | 39.26 | 9.13 | ns |
Note: MVA = motor vehicle accident; PDS = Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.