Table 2.
Psychological questionnaires and region of interest gray matter
Group (n) | Pre | Post | t test | RM ANOVA | ||
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Time | Time × group | |||||
BSI‐GSI | Therapy (9) | 85.6 ± 26.4 | 70.2 ± 30.3 | t(8) = 2.362, p = .023 | F(1,14) = 4.69, p < .05, ηp 2 = 0.25 | F(1,14) = 2.67, p = .13, ηp 2 = 0.16 |
Control (7) | 71.6 ± 38.3 | 69.4 ± 41.8 | t(6) = 0.587, p = .289 | |||
PDS | Therapy (9) | 34.4 ± 7.28 | 28.1 ± 12.0 | t(8) = 2.205, p = .029 | F(1,14) = 10.01, p < .01, ηp 2 = 0.42 | F(1,14) = 0.049, p = .82, ηp 2 = 0.003 |
Control (7) | 31.2 ± 14.1 | 24.0 ± 14.5 | t(6) = 2.284, p = .031 | |||
PTCI | Therapy (9) | 132.8 ± 30.2 | 108.8 ± 33.1 | t(8) = 2.767, p = .012 | F(1,13) = 7.85, p < .05, ηp 2 = 0.38 | F(1,13) = 0.05, p = .82, ηp 2 = 0.004 |
Control (6) | 125.5 ± 22.6 | 105.2 ± 46.9 | t(5) = 1.402, p = .110 | |||
IPSI | Therapy (9) | 3.8 ± 1.3 | 3.2 ± 1.1 | t(8) = 1.940, p = .044 | F(1,13) = 2.97, p = .11, ηp 2 = 0.19 | F(1,13) = 0.49, p = .50, ηp 2 = 0.036 |
Control (6) | 3.2 ± 1.0 | 3.0 ± 1.5 | t(5) = 0.648, p = .273 | |||
Hippocampus | Therapy (6) | 0.53 ± 0.04 | 0.55 ± 0.03 | t(5) = −2.11, p = .045 | F(1,13) = 1.49, p = .24, ηp 2 = 0.10 | F(1,13) = 7.33, p < .05, ηp 2 = 0.36 |
Control (9) | 0.54 ± 0.03 | 0.53 ± 0.03 | t(8) = 1.39, p = .102 | |||
Amygdala | Therapy (6) | 0.59 ± 0.05 | 0.61 ± 0.05 | t(5) = −1.316, p = .123 | F(1,13) = 1.37, p = .26, ηp 2 = 0.095 | F(1,13) = 2.92, p = .11, ηp 2 = 0.18 |
Control (9) | 0.59 ± 0.04 | 0.58 ± 0.04 | t(8) = 0.690, p = .255 |
Means and standard deviations are displayed for psychological questionnaire data and region‐of‐interest gray matter, collected at the first (Pre) and second (Post) assessment, separately for the therapy and waiting‐list control groups, along with paired samples t tests (one‐tailed) and repeated measures ANOVA. RM ANOVA, repeated measures analysis of variance; BSI‐GSI, Brief Symptom Inventory Global Severity Index; PDS, Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale; PTCI, Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory; IPSI, Interpretation of PTSD Symptoms Inventory; ηp 2, partial eta‐squared.