Predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms following childbirth

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Cognitive variables and their correlation with PTSD symptoms

Variable	M (SD)	Range	Correlation with PDS
Dissociation (PEDQ)	10.14 (8.41)	0-41	.44***
PTCI: Overall score	52.60 (26.33)	29-165	.73***
PTCI: Self	28.90 (16.93)	18-106	.73***
PTCI: World	11.52 (7.64)	6-41	.60***
PTCI: Self-Blame	12.18 (6.06)	5-32	.38***
RIQ: Thought Suppression	8.65 (3.66)	6-22	.70***
RIQ: Rumination	10.78 (4.77)	7-28	.76***
PTQ	23.10 (14.11)	0-60	.52***

Note. N = 224. PDS = Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale, PDEQ = Peritraumatic Dissociative Experience Questionnaire, PTCI = Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory, RIQ = Responses to Intrusions Questionnaire, PTQ = Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire.
*** p < .001.

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