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Table 3 Means (SD) and change of psychological symptoms (BSI)

From: Long-term psychological distress of Bosnian war survivors: an 11-year follow-up of former displaced persons, returnees, and stayers

BSI

Stayers (n = 33)

Displaced (n = 27)

Returnee (n = 38)

Baseline

Follow-up

t

Baseline

Follow-up

t

Baseline

Follow-up

t

Somatization

1.26 (1.02)

1.10 (0.97)

−1.08

1.11 (0.95)

0.96 (0.80)

−0.88

0.70 (0.91)

1.08 (1.02)

2.65**

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

1.46 (1.18)

1.09 (0.86)

−2.23*

1.24 (1.06)

1.13 (0.83)

−0.61

0.75 (0.76)

1.16 (0.98)

2.62**

Interpersonal sensitivity

1.18 (0.83)

0.81 (0.74)

−2.43*

1.03 (1.0)

0.83 (0.69)

−1.17

0.78 (0.68)

0.79 (0.69)

0.09

Depression

0.98 (1.08)

0.73 (0.65)

−1.74

0.80 (0.86)

0.74 (0.52)

−0.38

0.64 (0.73)

0.99 (0.93)

2.58*

Anxiety

1.18 (1.15)

0.87 (0.74)

−1.68

1.11 (0.95)

1.07 (0.96)

−0.22

0.73 (0.78)

1.14 (1.01)

2.44*

Hostility

0.99 (0.71)

0.68 (0.61)

−1.85

0.82 (0.73)

0.90 (0.71)

0.41

0.67 (0.79)

1.06 (0.99)

2.51*

Phobic anxiety

0.85 (1.12)

0.46 (0.79)

−2.80**

0.70 (0.83)

0.51 (0.63)

−1.26

0.49 (0.68)

0.51 (0.50)

0.13

Paranoid ideation

1.28 (1.13)

1.19 (0.93)

−0.58

0.97 (0.76)

1.28 (0.95)

1.78

0.84 (0.75)

1.29 (0.95)

3.08**

Psychoticism

0.59 (0.69)

0.47 (0.64)

−0.89

0.39 (0.78)

0.48 (0.74)

0.61

0.48 (0.63)

0.55 (0.70)

0.53

  1. Note: BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory (scores range from 0 to 4). Planned contrasts with df = 95 (scored as follow-up – baseline). * p < .05, ** p < .01