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Table 4 Means and (standard deviations) for participant characteristics

From: An investigation of trauma-associated appraisals and posttraumatic stress disorder in British and Asian trauma survivors: the development of the Public and Communal Self Appraisals Measure (PCSAM)

 

British

Asian

PTSD

No PTSD

PTSD

No PTSD

(n = 15)

(n = 33)

(n = 19)

(n = 28)

Gender (n)

Male = 7

Male = 18

Male = 4

Male = 10

Age (in years)

41.60 (12.40)

34.21 (8.30)

33.11 (10.06)

28.21 (8.83)

Years spent in UK

40.93 (12.44)

30.17 (8.45)

7.13 (10.99)

7.31 (10.01)

Task difficulty

5.80 (2.17)

4.39 (2.21)

4.45 (1.72)

4.57 (2.39)

English ability

9.00 (1.00)

8.58 (1.37)

6.47 (1.90)

6.96 (1.93)

Education (n)

Secondary = 7, Degree = 6, Postgrad = 2

Secondary = 10, Degree = 14, Postgrad = 9

Secondary = 10, Degree = 2, Postgrad = 7

Secondary = 7, Degree = 8, Postgrad = 13

PCL

42.47 (6.99)

22.50 (4.85)

47.70 (12.35)

23.89 (8.23)

HSCL

35.33 (8.25)

20.73 (4.98)

32.74 (9.24)

23.45 (7.69)

Trauma type (n)

Accident = 6

Accident = 18

Accident = 6

Accident = 13

Disaster = 1

Disaster = 3

Disaster = 6

Disaster = 6

Combat = 2

Combat = 6

Assault = 5

Combat = 1

Assault = 4

Assault = 5

Death = 2

Assault = 6

Death = 1

Death = 1

 

Death = 2

  1. Note: Secondary = Completed secondary school. Postgrad = Completed postgraduate degree. PCL = Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist. HSCL = Hopkins Symptom Checklist. Disaster = Natural Disaster. Assault includes sexual and non-sexual. Death = witness sudden death.