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. 2015 Oct 9;11(2):205–226. doi: 10.1007/s40653-015-0051-2

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