Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics.
| Trauma controls (n = 22) Mean (SD) |
PTSD (n = 26) Mean (SD) |
F | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 40.7 (9.9) | 39.3 (12.8) | 0.2 |
| TEI lifetime trauma | 2.4 (1.3) | 4.2 (2.3) | 11.1 |
| TEI types of interpersonal trauma in adulthood | 2.2 (1.6) | 4.5 (2.3) | 14.8* |
| X2 | |||
| TEI childhood sexual, physical abuse endorsed | 18% | 53.8% | 7.1* |
| PSS total score | 3.1 (3.8) | 25.4 (11.3) | 77.9* |
| PSS re-experiencing | 1 (1.2) | 6.9 (3.9) | 45.5* |
| PSS avoidance | 0.5 (1) | 4 (1.8) | 64.6* |
| PSS hyperarousal | 1 (1.6) | 8.4 (3.7) | 77* |
| PSS anhedonia | 0.5 (0.7) | 4.1 (3) | 31.9* |
| BDI-II total score | 6.5 (10.1) | 20.8 (12.7) | 21.6* |
| No (%) | Yes (%) | X2 | |
| Currently employed | 50 | 70 | 2.7 |
| Currently married or domestic partnership | 27% | 19% | 2.8 |
| % | Fisher’s exact test | ||
| Education | 1.4 | ||
| <12th grade | 9.1 | 15.4 | |
| High school graduate/GED | 36.4 | 30.8 | |
| Some college/tech school | 36.4 | 42.3 | |
| College graduate | 9.1 | 3.8 | |
| Graduate school | 9.1 | 7.7 | |
| Monthly income | % | 7.3 | |
| $0–249 | 0 | 15.4 | |
| $250–499 | 18.2 | 3.8 | |
| $500–999 | 31.8 | 46.2 | |
| $1000–1999 | 31.8 | 15.4 | |
| $2000 + | 18.2 | 19.2 | |
TEI = Traumatic Events Inventory.
BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory.
*
p < .01.