Table 1.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of study sample.
| AT Passengers | HCs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PTSD | No PTSD | ||
| Demographic | |||
| Age | 39.9 (10.9) | 38.2 (18.1) | 36.4 (15.3) |
| Education | 13.7 (2.5) | 16.3 (3.8) | 16.6 (3.0) |
| NEO-FFI | |||
| Neuroticism | 44.3 (7.1)* | 28.0 (5.4) | 29.0 (11.9) |
| Extroversion | 33.4 (6.8)+ | 48.8 (1.7) | 38.6 (9.1) |
| Openness | 33.5 (5.5) | 36.8 (3.4) | 36.0 (6.1) |
| Agreeableness | 41.3 (3.2) | 47.5 (1.9) | 44.2 (6.4) |
| Conscientiousness | 38.4 (5.1) | 44.5 (9.3) | 46.1 (6.9) |
| BAI | 29.8 (8.7)***,+++ | 5.8 (5.1) | 7.1 (6.4) |
| BDI | 27.3 (7.9)***,+++ | 3.8 (1.5) | 7.5 (8.0) |
| IES-R | 71.5 (5.5)+++ | 28.5 (21.5) | N/A |
| SB-State | 51.5 (15.9)**,++ | 29.3 (5.9) | 32.2 (8.5) |
| SB-Trait | 56.7 (8.6)*, ++ | 35.8 (4.3) | 38.3 (12.6) |
Note: Values are mean (standard deviations). Group differences were assessed with ANOVA and post-hoc tests.
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001; comparison between passengers with PTSD and HCs.
+
p < 0.5,
++
p <0.01,
+++
p <0.001; comparison between passengers with PTSD and resilient passengers.
Abbreviations: AT, Air Transat; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; HCs, Healthy controls; NEO-FFI, NEO-Five Factor Inventory; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; IES-R, Impact of Events Scale-Revised; SB, Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Scale.