Table 3.

Anxiety and depression symptoms as assessed by the Anxiety and Depression subscales of the Penn/RESIST/Peradeniya War Problems Questionnaire (n= 337)

Item	Mean	SD	Percentage who endorsed either a “3” (“Quite a Bit”) or a “4” (“Extremely”) for this item (%)
Anxiety
Thinking a lot about my past (old memories), causing psychological confusion	2.6	.92	54.6
Expressing harsh emotions when remembering bad things that have happened in the past	2.35	.97	47.8
Feeling fearful due to images/memories of past traumatic events that come into your head when you don’t want them to	2.42	.95	47.8
Fear for the future	2.6	.84	47.5
Affected mental state	2.4	.90	45.1
Afraid of being with strangers	2.29	.98	42.8
Being afraid of everything (i.e., being easily scared)	2.21	.96	39.8
Physical discomfort/tension due to fearfulness	2.2	.96	39.8
Being extremely agitated/being in a panic situation	2.19	.94	38.3
Afraid of going out alone	2.2	.96	38
Not visiting the nearby relatives or friends	1.98	.89	30.6
Not trusting others	2.18	.94	28.7
Avoidance due to fear	2.22	.80	28.6
Depression
Not being able to sleep	2.46	.84	51.6
Disappointed in life	2.34	.97	46
Having memory difficulties	2.39	.88	45.7
Difficulty in concentrating	2.34	.87	44.8
Lack of peace of mind	2.39	.85	44.5
Feelings of frustration	2.24	.92	42.7
Inability to make decisions (not knowing what to talk and what not to talk)	2.2	.91	37.7
No happiness	2.38	.80	36.4
Unstable mind/fluctuations in mind	2.2	.88	36.2
Feeling unable to pass even one day	2.11	.94	33.5
Negative changes in the good behavior one had Earlier	1.96	.91	28.4
Irresponsibility/carelessness/impatience	1.84	.86	22.9