Table 2. Correlations Between Independent Variables and Attentional Bias to Threat and Trauma-Related Threat and Loss Symptomatology.
Attentional bias to threat | Threat symptomatology | Loss symptomatology | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
Age | 0.03 | 0.90 | 0.09 | 0.69 | 0.07 | 0.77 |
Female sex (%) | 0.10 | 0.69 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.42 |
Non-Caucasian race/ethnicity | 0.05 | 0.83 | 0.19 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 0.32 |
Years of education | −0.01 | 0.96 | −0.04 | 0.87 | −0.05 | 0.84 |
Trauma characteristicsa | ||||||
Age of first trauma | −0.22 | 0.41 | −0.36 | 0.17 | −0.43 | 0.10 |
Number of lifetime traumas | 0.41 | 0.11 | 0.35 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 0.19 |
Sexual assault (vs nonsexual) index trauma | 0.40 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.46 | 0.11 | 0.69 |
[11C]OMAR VT values in amygdala | 0.54* | 0.018 | 0.48* | 0.031 | 0.39 | 0.091 |
Threat symptomatology | 0.60** | 0.005 | — | — | — | — |
Loss symptomatology | 0.58** | 0.007 | — | — | — | — |
Significant association: *p<0.05, **p<0.01.
Assessed only among trauma-exposed individuals (n=16).