Table 2.

Associations between traumatic life events and psychological symptoms before and after adjusting for comorbid symptomatology.

Psychological symptom construct	Any TLE vs. No TLE F and p value	Cohen’s d	4+ TLE vs. No TLE F and p value	Cohen’s d
APPS	34.75, p < 0.0001	0.30	76.65, p < 0.0001	0.56
Adjusted APPS	2.61, p=0.11	0.09	9.81, p=0.002	0.25
DEP	30.44 p < 0.0001	0.28	67.40, p < 0.0001	0.54
Adjusted DEP	0.37, p=0.54	0.03	2.46, p=0.12	0.13
SOCANX	11.29, p=0.001	0.17	13.40, p < 0.001	0.24
Adjusted SOCANX	0.47, p=0.50	0.04	6.65, p=0.01	0.20
GENANX	22.77, p < 0.0001	0.24	55.12, p < 0.0001	0.48
Adjusted GENANX	0.01, p=0.91	0.00	0.58, p=0.45	0.06
BPD	69.17, p < 0.0001	0.47	131.21, p < 0.0001	0.83
Adjusted BPD	25.44, p < 0.0001	0.29	27.94, p < 0.0001	0.42
PTSD	59.03, p < 0.0001	0.43	126.27, p < 0.0001	0.81
Adjusted PTSD	17.70, p < 0.0001	0.24	28.41, p < 0.0001	0.42
Psychological symptom construct	Any TLE vs. No TLE unstandardized B value and p value	Odds Ratio	4+ TLE vs. No TLE unstandardized B value and p value	Odds ratio
Other drug use	0.55, p=0.21	1.74	1.12, p=0.02	3.07
Adjusted other drug use	0.11, p=0.82	1.12	0.40, p=0.53	1.50
Cannabis use	0.35, p=0.03	1.42	0.60, p < 0.01	1.82
Adjusted cannabis use	0.17, p=0.36	1.19	0.31, p=0.19	1.37

Note: Models that survive conservative adjustment for comorbid psychopathology and for Bonferroni corrections (new p value comparison=0.0063) are bolded; TLEs=Traumatic Life Events; APPS=Attenuated Positive Psychotic Symptoms; BPD=Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms; DEP=Depressive Symptoms; GENANX=Generalized Anxiety Symptoms; PTSD=Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms; SOCANX=Social Anxiety Symptoms.