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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2015 Apr 27;85(4):382–391. doi: 10.1037/ort0000057

Table 3.

Sample mean/percentages and between-group differences: PTSD, cumulative victimization, substance use and other psychosocial factors.1

Sample Low Distress Group Moderate Distress Group High Distress Group Chi-Square
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
PTSD
Criterion A 85.43% .35 76.1%A 0.03 91.2%B 0.02 92.2%B 0.02 16.543**
Symptom severity 18.16 14.07 10.02A 0.85 19.50B 1.09 28.83C 1.37 152.188**
Count of life domains 3.26 2.82 1.47A 0.17 3.80B 0.22 5.31C 0.24 184.891**
PTSD 48.88% .50 23.5%A 0.03 58.2%B 0.04 76.1%C 0.04 101.673**
Childhood Victimization
Psychological (Ever) 75.25% .43 68.3%A 0.03 76.2%AB 0.03 84.9%B 0.03 9.994**
Psychological (Frequency) 1.38 1.46 0.97A 0.10 1.342B 0.12 2.07C 0.16 32.833**
Physical (Ever) 64.11% 0.48 57.4%A 0.04 61.0%A 0.04 78.9%B 0.04 14.282**
Physical (Frequency) 1.17 1.43 0.84A 0.09 1.075A 0.12 1.82B 0.16 25.189**
Sexual (Ever) 38.86% .48 33.2%A 0.038 37.3%AB 0.04 50.0%B 0.05 6.760*
Sexual (Frequency) .79 1.34 0.63A 0.09 0.743AB 0.11 1.11B 0.16 6.310*
IPV
Psychological (Ever) 95.54% .20 93.5% 0.02 96.3% 0.01 97.8% 0.01 2.876
Psychological (Frequency) 1.06 1.47 0.56A 0.09 1.11B 0.13 1.77C 0.18 38.253**
Physical (Ever) 89.60% .30 84.4%A 0.02 91.8%B 0.02 94.8%B 0.02 8.260*
Physical (Frequency) .29 .65 0.14A 0.03 0.29B 0.05 0.54C 0.10 16.654**
Sexual (Ever) 53.22% .49 39.5A 0.04 57.7%B 0.04 68.7%B 0.04 24.809**
Sexual (Frequency) .13 .50 0.04A 0.02 0.23B 0.065 0.163B 0.05 11.736*
Non-Intimate Partner Violence
Physical (Ever) 56.68% .49 44.1%A 0.04 61.4%B 0.04 70.1%B 0.04 20.082**
Physical (Frequency) .07 .31 0.01A 0.01 0.10B 0.03 0.13B 0.04 13.589**
Sexual (Ever) 59.65% .49 46.0%A 0.04 63.2%B 0.04 76.4%C 0.04 27.059**
Sexual (Frequency) .08 .42 0.01A 0.00 0.11B 0.03 0.16B 0.07 10.731**
Substance Use
Use past 12 months 46.04% .49 38.1%A 0.03 48.0%AB 0.04 55.8%B 0.05 8.258*
Regular Alcohol Use 55.79% .49 53.2%A 0.04 49.2%A 0.04 69.6%B 0.04 9.458**
Regular Marijuana Use 73.23% .44 73.8% 0.03 72.4% 0.04 73.4% 0.04 0.063
Regular Crack/Cocaine Use 57.77% .49 54.8% 0.04 57.7% 0.04 62.7% 0.05 1.472
Regular Opiate Use 36.22% .48 27.8%A 0.03 36.0%A 0.04 50.2%B 0.05 12.597**
Regular Sedative Use 31.79% .46 22.4%A 0.03 34.7%B 0.04 43.1%B 0.05 13.013**
Other Psychisocial Factors
Informal Social Support 10.24 4.45 11.32A 0.32 10.37B 0.35 8.38C 0.49 24.524**
Drug Treatment 40.35% .49 34.3% 0.03 43.4% 0.04 45.7% 0.05 4.372
DV Services 1.4950 1.29 1.23A 0.09 1.54B 0.11 1.84B 0.13 14.256**
Psychological Services 44.28% .49 30.1%A 0.03 49.0%B 0.04 60.0%B 0.04 26.583**
Resource Loss 57.35 34.55 46.26A 2.79 56.08B 2.68 76.65C 3.08 51.866**
Perceived Stress 7.5025 5.04 5.55A 0.34 7.71B 0.43 10.29C 0.51 61.175**
Homeless 34.24% .47 24.3%A 0.03 35.2%B 0.04 48.8%C 0.05 16.616**
*

p≤.01

**

p≤.05

1

The same superscripts denote that means between the two groups for each variable are statistically equivalent (i.e., not significantly different).