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Table 5 Cognitive behavioural predictors of PTSD symptom frequency

From: Testing a cognitive model to predict posttraumatic stress disorder following childbirth

Variable

PTSD symptom frequency (TES)

β

SE

t

p

(Constant)

 

1.77

6.03

.001

Trauma Memory Questionnaire

 Intentional recall scale

.20

.10

3.32

.001

 Intrusions

− .06

.06

1.01

.28

 Negative Appraisals

− .30

.32

−4.9

.001

Processing questionnaires

 Data-driven processing

.03

.40

−0.57

.57

 State Dissociation

.09

.38

1.1

.27

 Lack of self-referent processing

− .09

.39

−1.45

.15

Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory

 Negative cognitions about the self

.32

.66

4.39

.001

 Negative cognitions about the world

− .01

.35

−0.14

.89

 Self-blame

.03

.97

0.69

.49

Response to Intrusions Questionnaire

 Suppression

.16

.17

2.23

.03

 Rumination

.40

.11

5.80

.001

 Numbing

.19

.26

2.51

.01

  1. β regression coefficient, SE standard error, t t-test statistic, p probability