Table 5 Mean scores for non – assigned PTCI items 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
Non – assigned 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malea N = 7 | Femalea N = 5 | Malea N = 46 | Femalea N = 32 | Malea N = 31 | Femalea N = 16 | Malea N = 22 | Femalea N = 21 | |
13. I will not be able to control my emotions, and something terrible will happen. | 4.86 (±2.73) | 1.60 (±.89) | 2.24 (±1.82) | 1.66 (±1.20) | 3.35 (±2.37) | 1.50 (±.96) | 1.50 (±1.05) | 1.76 (±1.30) |
32. I will not be able to tolerate my thoughts about the event, and I will fall apart. | 4.86 (±2.73) | 2.80 (±2.49) | 1.87 (±1.52) | 1.66 (±1.45) | 2.84 (±2.26) | 2.44 (±2.27) | 1.45 (±1.10) | 1.33 (±.57) |
34. You never know when something terrible will happen. | 6.14 (±1.21) | 6.00 (±1.41) | 4.33 (±2.24) | 4.72 (±2.17) | 5.13 (±2.01) | 5.31 (±2.27) | 3.77 (±2.28) | 4.57 (±1.98) |