Table 3 Mean scores for PTCI items from the Negative Perception about Others subscale in male versus female participants – total sample and after stratification
From: Cognitive appraisal of exposure to specific types of trauma - a study of gender differences
Negative perception about others subscale items | Positive screeners (SPRINT > = 19) N = 12 | Negative screeners (SPRINT <19) N = 78 | Permanent disability after trauma N = 47 | No permanent disability after trauma N = 43 | ||||
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Malea N = 7 | Femalea N = 5 | Malea N = 46 | Femalea N = 32 | Malea N = 31 | Femalea N = 16 | Malea N = 22 | Femalea N = 21 | |
7. People can’t be trusted. | 5.29 (± 2.92) | 4.80 (± 2.68) | 3.80 (± 2.11) | 3.31 (± 2.07) | 4.35 (± 2.12) | 3.69 (± 2.54) | 3.50 (± 2.40) | 3.38 (± 1.91) |
8. I have to be on guard all the time. | 5.00 (± 2.23) | 4.20 (± 1.64) | 4.48 (± 2.30) | 4.25 (± 2.17) | 5.03 (± 2.22) | 4.50 (± 2.03) | 3.86 (± 2.23) | 4.05 (± 2.15) |
10. You can never know who will harm you. | 5.86 (± 2.19) | 5.40 (± 1.51) | 4.17 (± 2.20) | 4.19 (± 2.14) | 4.84 (± 2.33) | 4.75 (± 2.35) | 3.77 (± 2.02) | 4.05 (± 1.88) |
11. I have to be especially careful because you never know what can happen next. | 6.43 (± 1.13) | 5.00 (± 2.12) | 4.63 (± 2.02) | 4.69 (± 1.90) | 5.48 (± 1.74) | 5.06 (± 2.04) | 4.00 (± 2.09) | 4.48 (± 1.80) |
18. The world is a dangerous place. | 5.71 (± 1.79) | 4.00 (± 2.00) | 4.17 (± 2.06) | 4.25 (± 2.00) | 4.94 (± 1.89) | 3.75 (± 2.23) | 3.59 (± 2.13) | 4.57 (± 1.72) |
23. I can’t rely on other people. | 6.00 (± 2.23) | 4.20 (± 2.16) | 2.89 (± 1.74) | 3.25 (± 2.20) | 3.77 (± 2.37) | 4.13 (± 2.52) | 2.64 (± 1.36) | 2.81 (± 1.75) |
27. People are not what they seem. | 6.43 (± 1.51) | 6.40 (± 1.34) | 4.48 (± 2.03) | 5.03 (± 1.84) | 4.94 (± 2.12) | 6.00 (± 1.75) | 4.45 (± 1.99) | 4.62 (± 1.68) |