Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Group
| PTSD (n = 16) | Trauma Control (n = 18) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable/Measure | Range | N (%) or M (SD) | N (%) or M (SD) | χ2 / t / U | P |
| Gender (women) | -- | 9 (56%) | 12 (67%) | 0.39 | .533 |
| Education (college degree) | -- | 7 (44%) | 10 (56%) | 0.47 | .492 |
| Age (years) | 21–60 | 35.44 (9.61) | 38.44 (11.78) | −.81 | .424 |
| CTQ Total | 27–112 | 77.50 (19.27) | 52.67 (21.46) | 3.53 | .001 |
| CTQ Emotional Abuse | 5–25 | 15.44 (5.42) | 11.33 (5.99) | 2.09 | .045 |
| CTQ Physical Abuse | 5–25 | 14.69 (5.84) | 9.94 (3.95) | 2.80 | .009 |
| CTQ Sexual Abuse | 5–25 | 18.50 (7.14) | 12.06 (7.90) | 2.48 | .018 |
| CTQ Emotional Neglect | 5–25 | 17.13 (4.44) | 11.33 (6.44) | 3.01 | .005 |
| CTQ Physical Neglect | 5–19 | 12.53 (4.82) | 8.00 (3.11) | 3.14 | .005 |
| PDS PTSD severity* | 0–45 | 19.77 (10.79) | 5.38 (4.98) | 8.00 | .000 |
Note. PTSD = Posttraumatic stress disorder. CTQ = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. PDS = Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale.
*
PDS administered to n = 26 (76.5% of the sample). Chi-square tests were used to examine group difference on gender and education; t-tests were used for all other variables except the PDS, for which a Mann-Whitney U test was used due to non-normality.