Table 1 Group means, standard deviations and differences of the demographic and clinical data for the PTSD and the Non-PTSD Group
| Â | PTSD | Non-PTSD | Statistics for group differences | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M/n (range) | SD/% | M/n | SD/% | |||
Age (Years) | 36.74 | 9.67 | 31.88 | 6.83 | t(49) = 1.85 | p = .071 |
Education (Years) | 5.59 | 5.46 | 18.68 | 3.46 | t(46.05) = -10.41 | p < .001 |
Regions of Origin N% |  |  |  |  | χ 2(3, 51) = .11 | p = .991 |
Middle and Far East | 18 | 52.9% | 9 | 53% | Â | Â |
The Balkans | 5 | 14.7% | 2 | 11.8% | Â | Â |
Africa | 9 | 26.5% | 5 | 29.4% | Â | Â |
India | 2 | 5.9% | 1 | 5.9% | Â | Â |
Number of Traumatic Event Types (Self-experienced) | 5.47 | 2.35 | 1.24 | 1.40 | t(47.41) = 8.05 | p < .001 |
(2-11) | ||||||
Number of Traumatic Event Types (Witnessed) | 3.47 | 2.34 | 1.24 | 1.15 | t(49.00) = 4.58 | p < .001 |
(0-9) | ||||||
Time elapsed since the worst traumatic event (Years) | 9.74 | 8.82 | 7.45 | 4.80 | t(32.11) = -1.09 | p = .284 |
PTSD Symptom Severity | 82.56 | 15.54 | 0.94 | 2.66 | t(36.71) = 29.76 | p < .001 |
(55-113) | ||||||
Hamilton-Depression Severity | 20.32 | 8.77 | 2.24 | 2.51 | t(42.37) = 11.14 | p < .001 |
(6-37) | ||||||
Shutdown Dissociation Score | 17.50 | 8.33 | 0.94 | 1.25 | t(35.88) = 11.34 | p < .001 |
(2-33) | ||||||