Table 3.
Comparison of Pessimists and Optimists
| Optimists | Pessimists | ||||
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| HA (n = 22) | WL (n = 24) | HA (n = 22) | WL (n = 24) | ||
| T0 | CAPS PTSD | 43.5 | 44.8 | 47.3 | 49.8 |
| IES-R PTSD | 20.2 | 20.2 | 25.0 | 27.0 | |
| Anxiety | 58.2 | 57.9 | 52.5 | 51.9 | |
| Depression | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | |
| PTGI | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | |
| T1 | CAPS PTSD | 25.3 | 29.4a | 39.6 | 56.9 |
| IES-R PTSD | 14.8 | 19.9a | 17.3 | 24.7 | |
| Anxiety | 59.1 | 58.6 | 55.4 | 53.8 | |
| Depression | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 | |
| PTGI | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | |
| T2 | CAPS PTSD | 25.7 | 28.5 | 29.4 | 46.3 |
| IES-R PTSD | 11.3 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 16.5 | |
| Anxiety | 66.4 | 62.4 | 60.4 | 54.8a | |
| Depression | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 | |
| PTGI | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | |
| T3 | CAPS PTSD | 18.6 | 20.2 | 22.8 | 23.9 |
| IES-R PTSD | 7.9 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 12.4 | |
| Anxiety | 66.4 | 64.5 | 65.2 | 63.5 | |
| Depression | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | |
| PTGI | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | |
Abbreviations: HA, creative art therapy intervention; WL, wait list condition.
a
Significance was set at P < 0.05.