Table 4 Gender differences in the PSS-I total scores across different levels of trauma exposure
Trauma Load | Female | Male | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | M (SD) | Mean difference | Std Error | P | |
Very low trauma (0–4) | 0 (−) | 0 (−) | < .01 | 14.37 | > .99 |
Low trauma (5–8) | 29.67 (17.01) | 1.00 (−) | 28.68 | 11.73 | .015 |
Moderate trauma (9–12) | 21.38 (16.04) | 11.00 (8.62) | 10.38 | 4.82 | .032 |
High trauma (13–16) | 28.67 (12.40) | 17.96 (8.01) | 10.71 | 2.82 | <.001 |
Very high trauma (17–20) | 35.47 (10.44) | 30.54 (12.92) | 4.92 | 1.90 | .010 |
Extremely high trauma (21–24) | 40.67 (7.84) | 39.27 (7.48) | 1.41 | 1.85 | .447 |