Table 7 |
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Relationship between Stress Load and Measures of Psychopathology |
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ELS-events/ ELS-scores |
PPS-events/ PPS-scores |
AS-events/ AS-scores |
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BPRS |
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patients: |
rs = .22*/.21* |
n.s. |
n.s. |
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PANAS-negative affect |
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patients: |
rs = .40***/.39*** |
rs = .39***/.37*** |
rs = n.s./.23* |
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comparison group: |
rs = .36*/n.s. |
n.s. |
n.s. |
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total sample: |
rs = .46 ***/.47*** |
rs = .46***/.48*** |
rs = n.s./.36*** |
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high- vs. low-stress groups |
N = 28 vs. N = 40 |
N = 39 vs. N = 32 |
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t(66) = 3.80 ** |
t(69) = 3.40** |
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BDI |
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patients: |
rs = .35***/.33** |
rs = .29**/.30** |
rs = n.s. ?/.22* |
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comparison group: |
n.s. |
n.s. |
n.s. |
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high- vs. low-stress groups |
N = 28 vs. N = 39 |
N = 39 vs. N = 32 |
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t(65) = 3.16** |
t(69) = 3.33** |
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PTSD symptoms (PDS) |
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patients: |
rs =.46***/.50*** |
rs =.47***/.50*** |
rs =.32***/.42** |
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comparison group: |
n.s. |
n.s. |
n.s. |
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high- vs. low-stress groups |
N = 28 vs. N = 40 |
N = 39 vs. N = 32 |
N = 32 vs. N = 31 |
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t(66) = 5.39*** |
t(69) = 5.42*** |
t(61) = 3.58*** |
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Note: BPRS: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. PANAS: Positive and Negative Affect Scale. BDI: Beck Depression Inventory. PTSD symptoms (PDS): severity (intrusions, avoidance, arousal) of the worst traumatic event according to Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale. Correlations are represented by Spearman's rho. Significance levels of correlation coefficients and subgroup comparisons: * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001. |
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Weber et al. BMC Psychiatry 2008 8:63 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-8-63 |
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