Cueing natural event boundaries improves memory in people with post-traumatic stress disorder

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 1 Demographic and diagnostic characteristics of sample

	PTSD	Control	p-value
Final sample	38	36
Mean age in years (SD)	34.58 (8.69)	34.25 (8.73)	0.871
Mean years of education (SD)	13.92 (1.98)	14.81 (1.70)	0.044
Gender
Male	8	6
Female	30	30
Racial identification
White	22	27
Black	9	8
Asian	2	0
Mixed race	4	1
Unknown	1	0
Mean (SD) psychological scores
PCL	55.53 (13.69)	20.39 (6.04)	< .001
DASS	61.84 (24.46)	9.22 (15.87)	< .001
DES	634.87 (448.13)	204.72 (242.34)	< .001
LSAS	69.12 (30.28)	30.50 (20.57)	< .001
MPSS	48.84 (19.07)	64.03 (17.05)	.001

PCL, PTSD Checklist; DASS, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale; DES, Dissociative Experiences Scale; LSAS, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale; MPSS, Multidimensional Scale of Social Support