Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics and Results from Multiple Regression Analysis of Prospective Measures of PTSD Symptom Severity(n = 645)

Predictors	M	(SD)	r with PCL	β
Demographic Measures
Age	63.34	(2.92)	−.01
Education	6.27	(1.31)	−.03
Ethnic minority status (%)	.78		.07
Female gender (%)	39.53		.09*
Household income	$60,000 – 69,999		−.07
Health and Trauma History Measures
Maternal psychopathology (%)	16.90		.10**
Paternal psychopathology (%)	7.13		.08
Childhood abuse (%)	13.18		.12***	.08*
Previous traumas	1.96	(1.61)	.12**
History of smoking (%)	13.33		.04
Subjective physical health	3.49	(.58)	−.18***
History of depression diagnosis (%)	9.15		.15***
Depressive symptoms	7.74	(7.42)	.33***	.20***
Individual Difference Measures
Hostility	13.34	(7.06)	.19***	.09*
Neuroticism	48.41	(10.56)	.32***	.19***

Note. PCL = PTSD Checklist symptom severity scores.

^*p ≤ .05.

^**p ≤ .01.

^***p ≤ .001.