24 Table 8. Correlations between various measures in war veterans: Clinical history, SRQ-20, and CAPS. (n=53) 1. Violfre 2. Impactor 3. Witness 4. Physcore 5. Psyscor 6. SRQtot 7. SRQdep 8. SRQanx 9. CAPSfre Psychtor (0.43***); Othfam (0.38**) Psychtor (0.01***) Othfam (0.32**); Disapp (0.37**); Physcore (0.31*) Psyscor (0.57***); CAPSfre (0.28**) SRQtot (0.39**); SRQanx (0.31**) SRQdep (0.42**); SRQanx (0.48***); CAPSfre (0.42**) CAPSfre (0.49***); CAPSint (0.39**) CAPSfre (0.29**) CAPSint (0.63***) * p=0.05 ** p=0.01 *** p=0.001 The correlations suggest several clusters, and some curious relationships. Psychological torture (Psychtor) is correlated with physical torture (Impactor) and the frequency of violence (Violfre), whilst physical torture (Impactor) is correlated with witnessing of violence (Witness), other family members experiencing violence (Othfam), and disappearances (Disapp). Logically, the relationships would be expected to be reversed, and this paradoxical finding deserves further study. The measures of the experience of violence suggest that the screening procedure will identify both individual victims of violence (Impactor, Violfre and Witness) and the likelihood of other family members having experienced organised violence (Othfam and Disapp).

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