Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Results from Multiple Regression Analysis Predicting PTSD Symptom Severity (n = 1,186)

Predictors	M	(SD)	r with PCL	β
Demographic Measures
Age	63.43	(2.78)	.01
Education	6.27	(1.39)	−.05
Ethnic minority status (%)	.67		.05
Female gender (%)	38.70		.08**
Household income	$70–99,999		−.09**
Health and Trauma History Measures
Maternal psychopathology (%)	17.03		.09**
Paternal psychopathology (%)	8.52		.08*
Childhood abuse (%)	15.01		.13***
Age at trauma	48.32	(16.68)	.05
Previous traumas	3.42	(4.04)	.15***
Post-trauma exposure	1.10	(2.76)	.07**	.04*
Sleep disturbances	3.73	(1.76)	.25***
History of smoking (%)	54.05		.03
Subjective physical health	3.30	(.66)	−.30***	−.09***
History of depression diagnosis (%)	23.02		.29***	.07***
Depressive symptoms	2.51	(3.07)	.34***	.09***
Individual Difference Measures
Attachment anxiety	14.45	(5.38)	.39***	.16***
Attachment avoidance	14.93	(5.67)	.19***	.08***
Hostility	10.60	(5.99)	.25***
Neuroticism	48.76	(10.61)	.31***
Coping ability	3.14	(.70)	−.32***	−.06**
Social support	3.34	(.77)	−.25***
Memory-Related Measures
Self-reported DSM-IV A1 (%)	65.26		.02
Self-reported DSM-IV A2 (%)	68.80		.26***	.05*
Self-rated event severity	15.52	(5.58)	.51***	.19***
Emotional intensity of memory	5.32	(1.62)	.40***
Physical reaction to memory	3.65	(2.10)	.49***	.22***
Voluntary rehearsal	4.98	(1.54)	.42***
Involuntary recall	4.36	(1.81)	.52***	.20***
Event centrality	3.27	(1.09)	.52***	.13***

Note. PCL = PTSD Checklist symptom severity scores.

^*p ≤ .05.

^**p ≤ .01.

^***p ≤ .001.