Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants within the two treatment groups

Gender:

0.00

0.99

Male

3

2

Female

8

9

Marital status:

0.00

0.99

Married

10

9

Divorced or widowed

1

2

Education:

1.01

0.59

Primary or below

8

9

Junior middle school

2

2

High School

1

0

Income:

4.00

0.14

No fixed income

9

9

Below £100

2

0

£100-£300

0

2

Injured in the earthquake:

0.79

0.66

Yes

5

3

No

6

8

House damage

1.07

0.59

Totally damaged

7

8

Partically damaged

3

3

Slightly damaged

1

0

Number of traumatic events experienced

0.44

0.80

No

5

5

2 or 3 times

4

5

Over 3 times

2

1

Type of traumatic events

Difficult life condition

9

10

Accidental injure

4

2

Family number’s disease or loss

2

2

M(SD)

M(SD)

t

p

56.64(12.22)

54.82(11.59)

0.36

0.730