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Figure 38: Significant mean score differences (t-tests) between different groups
(traumatic event measures)
Been
there at
the time
Felt they
life had
changed
N GHQ mean (SD) BDI mean (SD) PDS mean (SD)
Yes 32 13.38 (10.65) 24.61 (14.30) 32.77 (14.06)
No 35 7.06 (7.4) 14.83 (11.04) 18.66 (12.86)
Difference 6.32 9.78 14.12
Yes 57 11.91 (9.64) 21.89 (13.97) 28.12 (14.15)
No 13 5.54 (8.55) 11 (8.80) 16.15 (14.77)
Difference 6.37 10.89 11.97
Felt they Yes 47 12.94 (10.06) 23.19 (14.32) 29.65 (14.49)
changed
due to
No 25 5.88 (7.05) 12.92 (9.6) 17.17 (12.59)
event Difference 7.06 10.27 12.47
How
coped?
Well/Fairly well 50 7.66 (7.74) 15.18 (10.77) 21.84 (14.51)
Badly 20 17.35 (10.42) 31.75 (13.31) 35.35 (10.72)
Difference -9.69 -16.57 -13.51
INDIVIDUAL VARIABLES
P
sychological mean scores for women and men, and for different ages did not
differ significantly from one another (t-test and a one-way ANOVA) (Figures
39 and 40).