Table 3.
Summary of trauma cluster comparison findings.
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| Overall Sample (N = 434) | ||||||||
| Accidental/Injury Traumas | t = 0.13 p = .86 | 0.02 | 32.00 (14.43) | 32.28 (14.43) | t = 1.50 p = .13 | 0.20 | 19.31 (9.47) | 17.45 (8.86) |
| Victimization Traumas | t = 2.70 p = .007 | 0.34 | 29.38 (14.52) | 33.61 (15.63) | t = 0.13 p = .89 | 0.01 | 17.63 (8.78) | 17.75 (9.07) |
| Predominant Death Threat Traumas MDD (n = 119) |
t = 0.56 p = .57 | 0.05 | 31.65 (15.66) | 32.53 (15.27) | t = 0.22 p = .82 | 0.02 | 17.57 (8.41) | 17.78 (9.24) |
| Accidental/Injury Traumas | t = 0.59 p = . 55 | 0.09 | 34.58 (15.63) | 33.00 (16.27) | t = 1.86 p = .06 | 0.29 | 20.41 (10.24) | 17.64 (8.91) |
| Victimization Traumas | t = 1.67 p = .09 | 0.20 | 30.92 (16.06) | 34.21 (16.16) | t = 0.43 p = .67 | 0.05 | 18.35 (9.75) | 17.87 (8.87) |
| Predominant Death Threat Traumas No MDD (n = 314) |
t = 0.06 p = .95 | 0.01 | 33.29 (16.84) | 33.17 (15.87) | t = 0.07 p = .93 | 0.01 | 18.07 (9.13) | 17.99 (9.16) |
| Accidental/Injury Traumas | t = 1.35 p = .18 | 0.39 | 25.83 (8.64) | 30.34 (13.19) | t = 0.15 p = .90 | 0.03 | 16.66 (6.85) | 16.95 (8.78) |
| Victimization Traumas | t = 2.42 p = .01 | 0.48 | 26.13 (9.70) | 31.74 (13.79) | t = 0.83 p = .40 | 0.16 | 16.11 (5.92) | 17.39 (9.71) |
| Predominant Death Threat Traumas PTSD (n = 202) |
t = 1.42 p = .15 | 0.28 | 27.20 (10.86) | 30.89 (13.40) | t = 0.58 p = .59 | 0.12 | 16.23 (5.90) | 17.21 (9.52) |
| Accidental/Injury Traumas | t = 1.81 p = .07 | 0.42 | 42.70 (12.54) | 36.75 (15.39) | t = 2.91 p = .004 | 0.63 | 27.04 (11.01) | 20.08 (10.96) |
| Victimization Traumas | t = 0.47 p = .63 | 0.07 | 38.38 (14.77) | 37.18 (15.33) | t = 2.05 p = .04 | 0.33 | 23.82 (12.00) | 20.03 (10.78) |
| Predominant Death Threat Traumas No PTSD (n = 230) |
t = 1.74 p = .08 | 0.28 | 40.82 (15.11) | 36.44 (15.10) | t = 1.78 p = .07 | 0.29 | 23.44 (11.61) | 20.14 (10.95) |
| Accidental/Injury Traumas | t = 1.29 p = .19 | 0.25 | 25.05 (10.99) | 28.32 (14.60) | t = 0.84 p = .39 | 0.18 | 14.29 (2.55) | 15.06 (5.41) |
| Victimization Traumas | t = 2.63 p = .009 | 0.37 | 24.88 (12.16) | 29.81 (15.04) | t = 1.02 p = .30 | 0.14 | 14.53 (3.94) | 15.22 (5.71) |
| Predominant Death Threat Traumas | t = 0.38 p = .70 | 0.05 | 27.38 (13.99) | 28.10 (14.25) | t = 0.40 p = .68 | 0.05 | 14.78 (4.06) | 15.06 (5.69) |
Note: Bolded content represents significant findings (p < .05).
DERS: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-16; DERS-P: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Positive. MDD: Major Depression; PTSD: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.