Aggression inoculates against PTSD symptom severity—insights from armed groups in the eastern DR Congo

Figures & data

Table 1 Results of regression analysis predicting PSS-I

	PSS-I score
Predictor variables	B	SE of B	β	T
Step 1
Traumatic event types	0.89	0.27	0.32	3.31***
Step 2
Traumatic event types	1.02	0.29	0.36	3.57***
AAS Score	−0.75	0.06	-0.13	-1.31

Notes: R ²=0.08, N=101, B, unstandardized regression weight; SE, standard error; β, standardized regression weight; T, t-test statistics;

*** p≤0.001.

Fig. 1 (a) Partial regression from the number of traumatic event types to the PSS-I score (building block effect). (b) Partial regression from the AAS score to the PSS-I score (protective influence).

Table 2 Results of regression analysis predicting PSS-I score (excluding combatants with a PSS-I score higher than 21)

	PSS-I score
Predictor variables	B	SE of B	β	T
Step 1
Traumatic event types	0.86	0.25	0.35	3.53***
Step 2
Traumatic event types	1.08	0.25	0.44	4.29***
AAS Score	−0.13	0.05	−0.26	−2.57*

Notes: R ²=0.18, N=91; B, unstandardized regression weight; SE, standard error; β, standardized regression weight; T, t-test statistics;

* p≤0.05

*** p≤0.001.