Table 1.
Descriptive and clinical characteristics of the study sample
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 12 | 21.4 |
| Female | 44 | 78.6 |
| Marital status | ||
| Unmarried | 37 | 66.1 |
| Co-habituating | 19 | 33.9 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 42 | 75 |
| Black/Asian | 14 | 25 |
| Type of PTSD | ||
| Current | 39 | 69.6 |
| Lifetime | 17 | 30.4 |
| Type of suicidality | ||
| Behaviors | 37 | 66.1 |
| Ideation | 30 | 53.6 |
| Type of trauma | ||
| Sexual abuse | 28 | 50 |
| Accident/hazard | 19 | 33.9 |
| War trauma | 6 | 10.7 |
| Other traumas | 3 | 5.4 |
| M | SD | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 28.32 | 10.83 |
| PTSD severity (CAPS) | 55.97 | 21.36 |
| Depression (BDI-II) | 21.61 | 11.08 |
| Defeat scale | 20.13 | 14.16 |
| Entrapment scale | 17.19 | 13.86 |
PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder, CAPS clinician administered PTSD scale, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory II