Table 3.
Individual meta-analysis of individual risk and protective factors
| Risk/protective factor | k | γ2 | Q | Pest | 95 confidence interval of Pest | Z | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||||||
| Demographic variables | ||||||||
| Age | 21 | 0.008 | 498.110*** | 0.104 | 0.061 | 0.146 | 4.778 | 0.000*** |
| Grade | 11 | 0.073 | 731.400*** | 0.101 | −0.061 | 0.259 | 1.221 | 0.222 |
| Gender | 38 | 0.027 | 2199.839*** | 0.141 | 0.088 | 0.194 | 5.159 | 0.000*** |
| Only child | 5 | 0.002 | 11.312* | 0.005 | −0.051 | 0.060 | 0.164 | 0.869 |
| Father education | 5 | 0.001 | 8.019 | −0.049 | −0.095 | −0.003 | −2.084 | 0.037* |
| Mother education | 5 | 0.003 | 12.995* | −0.043 | −0.101 | 0.016 | −1.428 | 0.153 |
| Urban vs. rural | 7 | 0.001 | 12.290 | 0.079 | 0.051 | 0.108 | 5.456 | 0.000*** |
| Pre-trauma factors | ||||||||
| Physical health | 3 | 0.145 | 569.11*** | 0.135 | −0.289 | 0.514 | 0.615 | 0.539 |
| Negative life events | 5 | 0.010 | 56.100*** | 0.413 | 0.335 | 0.485 | 9.452 | 0.000*** |
| Prior trauma | 3 | 0.002 | 7.186* | 0.127 | 0.067 | 0.186 | 4.141 | 0.000*** |
| Objective trauma characteristics | ||||||||
| Bereavement (Family Member) | 12 | 0.010 | 126.221*** | 0.181 | 0.116 | 0.245 | 5.400 | 0.000*** |
| Family member injured | 8 | 0.002 | 27.854*** | 0.076 | 0.034 | 0.118 | 3.545 | 0.000*** |
| Other injured/killed (e.g., friend) | 7 | 0.008 | 37.766*** | 0.155 | 0.074 | 0.235 | 3.722 | 0.000*** |
| Witnessed other injury/death | 13 | 0.009 | 169.740*** | 0.146 | 0.089 | 0.203 | 4.943 | 0.000*** |
| Separated from family | 2 | 0.001 | 1.504 | 0.022 | −0.028 | 0.072 | 0.859 | 0.391 |
| Personal injury | 14 | 0.007 | 96.342*** | 0.134 | 0.080 | 0.187 | 4.843 | 0.000*** |
| Hospitalization/surgery/amputation | 4 | 0.057 | 27.530*** | 0.085 | −0.169 | 0.328 | 0.652 | 0.514 |
| Trapped/buried | 7 | 0.045 | 81.592 | 0.266 | 0.101 | 0.416 | 3.128 | 0.002** |
| House damage | 14 | 0.006 | 99.837*** | 0.105 | 0.061 | 0.149 | 4.645 | 0.000*** |
| Loss of property (excluding home) | 9 | 0.002 | 27.856** | 0.088 | 0.055 | 0.121 | 5.191 | 0.000*** |
| Subjective trauma characteristics | ||||||||
| Trauma severity | 19 | 0.019 | 1106.753*** | 0.135 | 0.072 | 0.198 | 4.155 | 0.000*** |
| Perceived threat/fear | 6 | 0.016 | 38.509*** | 0.263 | 0.149 | 0.371 | 4.418 | 0.000*** |
| Post-trauma individual factors | ||||||||
| Positive coping | 5 | 0.004 | 23.047*** | −0.181 | −0.239 | −0.121 | −5.885 | 0.000*** |
| Negative coping | 5 | 0.011 | 58.136*** | 0.309 | 0.221 | 0.392 | 6.579 | 0.000*** |
| PTSD (Time 1) | 7 | 0.051 | 406.690*** | 0.307 | 0.147 | 0.451 | 3.674 | 0.000*** |
| Anxiety | 2 | 0.004 | 9.298*** | 0.432 | 0.353 | 0.505 | 9.576 | 0.000*** |
| Depression | 7 | 0.120 | 762.596*** | 0.584 | 0.388 | 0.730 | 5.057 | 0.000*** |
| Post-trauma environmental factors | ||||||||
| Displacement | 2 | 0.000 | 1.170 | 0.055 | 0.032 | 0.077 | 4.744 | 0.000*** |
| Utilization of mental health services | 2 | 0.046 | 7.684** | 0.190 | −0.124 | 0.469 | 1.190 | 0.234 |
| Social support | 9 | 0.010 | 218.045*** | −0.137 | −0.207 | −0.065 | −3.696 | 0.000*** |
| Family violence (e.g., corporal punishment) | 2 | 0.159 | 165.042*** | 0.294 | −0.246 | 0.695 | 1.072 | 0.284 |
*** = p < .001, ** p < .01, * p < .05, k number of studies, γ 2 tau square, Q test of heterogeneity, P est point of estimate, p p-value