Full sample

Control

Sub-clinical

H or F values

p-value¹

PCL-S score Mean (SD)

30.16 (10.94)

18.36 (10.37)

41.95 (14.81)

23.49

0.000

Number

168

133

35

Gender

M/F

159/9

125/8

34/1

1.008

0.315

Age

Number (%)

<21 years

10 (5.95%)

7

3

2.463

0.106

21 - 37 years

144 (85.71%)

113

31

>37 years

9 (5.36%)

9

0

No response

5 (2.97%)

4

1

Marital status Number (%)

Married or as couple

75 (44.64%)

62

13

0.895

0.344

Divorced or Single

90 (53.57%)

69

21

No response

3 (1.78%)

2

1

Pet Number (%)

No

100 (59.53%)

75

25

2.598

0.107

Yes

68 (40.47%)

58

10

Employment status Number (%)

Junior soldiers

56 (33.33%)

47

9

10.796

0.001

NCOs and Officers

108 (64.28%)

82

26

No response

4 (2.38%)

3

1

Length of service Number (%)

≤7 years

86 (51.19%)

66

20

0.562

0.453

>7 years

81 (48.21%)

66

15

No response

1 (0.59%)

1

0

Number of missions (%)

1 - 3

99 (58.93%)

76

23

0.8361

0.36

≥3

69 (41.07%)

57

12

Tobacco use Number (%)

No

78 (46.43%°

67

11

4.127

0.042

Yes

89 (52.97%)

65

24

No response

1 (0.59%)

1

0

Stressful event reported Number (%)

No

117 (69.64%)

97

20

4.056

0.044

Yes

48 (28.57%)

33

15

No response

3 (1.78%)

3

0

Task-oriented score Mean (SD)

50.73 (17.11)

50.85 (16.94)

50.21 (18.21)

0.30

0.863

Emotion-oriented score Mean (SD)

35.13 (16.34)

33.98 (15.71)

40.46 (18.34)

3.415

0.067

Avoidance-oriented score Mean (SD)

42.62 (16.53)

42.45 (15.97)

43.40 (19.24)

0.701

0.792

Distraction score Mean (SD)

19.51 (8.54)

19.25 (8.21)

20.73 (9.80)

0.646

0.423

Social diversion score Mean (SD)

14.56 (6.01)

14.64 (5.85)

14.17 (6.74)

0.132

0.717