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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers. 2016 Sep 17;85(5):702–715. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12278

Table 2.

Results from Multiple Meditator Models Testing the Indirect Effects of Neuroticism and Negative Affectivity on PTSD Symptom Severity Through Properties of the Trauma Memory

Study 1
Mediators MMPI Neuroticism NEO Neuroticism
Coeff. SE 95% BC CI Coeff. SE 95% BC CI
Emotional intensity .00 .01 [−.01, .01] .00 .01 [ −.01, .01]
Physiological reaction .04 .01 [ .02, .06] .05 .01 [ .03, .08]
Voluntary rehearsal .01 .01 [−.01, .03] .01 .01 [−.003, .02]
Involuntary recall .03 .01 [ .01, .05] .05 .01 [ .03, .08]
Event centrality .05 .01 [ .03, .07] .06 .01 [ .04, .09]
Total indirect .13 .03 [ .08, .18] .17 .02 [ .13, .22]
Study 2
Mediators NEO Neuroticism
BFI Neuroticism
PANAS Negative
Affectivity
AIM Negative Intensity
Coeff. SE 95% BC CI Coeff. SE 95% BC CI Coeff. SE 95% BC CI Coeff. SE 95% BC CI
Emotional intensity .37 .29 [−.12, 1.04] .05 .04 [−.03, .12] .06 .05 [−.03, .16]
Physiological reaction .05 .03 [.004, .11] .50 .31 [ .02, 1.19] .07 .04 [ .01, .16] .09 .05 [ .01, .20]
Involuntary recall .10 .04 [ .04, .19] 1.14 .48 [ .34, 2.21] .13 .05 [ .05, .23] .17 .07 [ .05, .32]
Event centrality .11 .04 [ .05, .20] 1.32 .48 [ .52, 2.40] .15 .05 [ .06, .26] .19 .08 [ .06, .35]
Total indirect .27 .06 [ .15, .39] 3.33 .79 [1.84, 4.96] .40 .07 [ .27, .54] .51 .12 [ .29, .74]

Note. Coeff. = unstandardized coefficient. BC CI = bias-corrected confidence intervals. Full model for MMPI neuroticism (Study 1), F(8, 793) = 81.76, p < .001, R2 = .45; NEO neuroticism (Study 1), F(8, 1097) = 122.44, p < .001, R2 = .47; NEO neuroticism (Study 2), F(5, 213) = 36.14, p < .001, R2 = .46; BFI neuroticism, F(6, 214) = 31.76, p < .001, R2 = .47; PANAS negative affectivity, F(6, 214) = 33.07, p < .001, R2 = .48; AIM negative intensity, F(6, 214) = 29.22, p < .001, R2 = .45.