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CORRECTION

Published Online:1 Oct 2015https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.17210correction

In the Letter to the Editor “In the Wake of National Trauma: Psychological Reactions Following the Charlie Hebdo Terror Attack,” by Menachem Ben-Ezra et al. (doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.15020239), originally published in the August 2015 issue of the Journal, the percentage of elevated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms compared with historical norms in France should have been reported as “11.9% compared with 4.9%” instead of “7.6% compared with 4.9%.” In addition, incorrect values were reported in Table 1. The corrected table appears below.

TABLE 1. Two-Step Logistic Regression Analysis of Psychological Reactions Associated With Psychological Distress and PTSD Symptoms Following the Charlie Hebdo Shooting in Paris (N=1,982)

Elevated Psychological DistressaEndorsed PTSD Symptomsb
VariablesMeanSDN%Odds Ratio95% CIOdds Ratio95% CI
Step 1
 Age (years)41.1610.951.010.99–1.021.000.98–1.01
 Female1,03352.01.56**1.12–2.181.32*1.00–1.74
 Currently single69735.20.810.58–1.131.360.98–1.80
Step 2
 Age (years)1.010.99–1.031.010.99–1.01
 Female1.41*0.99–2.001.190.88–1.60
 Currently single0.830.58–1.181.47*1.07–2.02
 Mortality saliencec32316.33.86***2.71–5.513.83***2.81–5.23
 Shift in political viewd75438.02.27***1.60–3.212.43***1.81–3.71
 Sense of safetye1,02451.70.37***0.25–0.540.33***0.24–0.45

aElevated psychological distress criterion (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale score ≥13) met by 158 (8.0%) participants (Cronbach’s alpha=0.91).

bProposed ICD-11 PTSD symptom criteria endorsed by 235 (11.9%) participants on a 5-point rating scale where a score of 3 or higher represented a positive symptom rating. Note that at least one symptom from each cluster must be positive for endorsement of PTSD (at least three symptoms).

cMortality salience scores range from 1 to 5, where 1=a great deal less and 5=a great deal more. A score of 4 or higher represents high mortality salience.

dShift in political view scores range from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5=very much. This was measured separately for each political wing. The variables were combined and aggregated so that 0=no shift and 1=shift in political view.

eSense of safety scores range from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5=extremely. The variable was aggregated so that a score of 4 or higher represented a high sense of safety.

*p<0.05. **p<0.01. ***p<0.001.

TABLE 1. Two-Step Logistic Regression Analysis of Psychological Reactions Associated With Psychological Distress and PTSD Symptoms Following the Charlie Hebdo Shooting in Paris (N=1,982)

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