Table 4.
Relationship Parameters between BPD and healthy controls by sex.
| Females | Males | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPD (M/SE) |
CG (M/SE) |
F(df) ES (95% CI) |
p | Partner BPD (M/SE) |
Partner CG (M/SE) |
F(df) ES (95% CI) |
p | |
| Partnership Questionnaire | ||||||||
| PFB Sum | 66.00 (3.20) | 76.57 (3.20) | 5.45 (26,1) 0.9 (0.07–1.63) |
<0.05 | 66.64 (3.25) | 68.00 (3.11) | 0.09 (21,1) 0.1 (−0.7–0.94) |
0.76 |
| Questionnaire for Assessing Dyadic Coping | ||||||||
| QADC Sum | 89.00 (6.91) | 106.64 (4.13) | 4.81 (17,1) 1.0 (0.08–2.07) |
<0.05 | 95.75 (4.35) | 93.75 (3.32) | 0.07 (17,1) 0.1 (−1.05–0.82) |
0.80 |
| Positive Coping | 106.80 (6.72) | 121.00 (4.02) | 3.29 (17,1) 0.9 (0.19–1.94) |
0.087 | 116.43 (3.76) | 112.58 (2.87) | 0.66 (17,1) 0.4 (−0.59–1.29) |
0.43 |
| Negative Coping | 17.80 (1.41) | 14.36 (0.85) | 4.37 (17,1) 0.9 (0.15–1.98) |
≤0.05 | 21.29 (1.84) | 18.83 (1.40) | 1.13 (17,1) 0.5 (−0.43–1.46) |
0.30 |
| Problem List | ||||||||
| PL Sum | 13.83 (1.58) | 6.50 (1.58) | 10.81 (22,1) 1.3 (0.45–2.23) |
<0.01 | 14.00 (2.27) | 10.91 (2.18) | 0.96 (21,1) 0.4 (−0.43–1.12) |
0.34 |
Note: BPD = Borderline personality disorder; CG = Control group; M = Mean; SE = Standard Error; ES = Effect size based on Cohen´s d; CI = Confidence Interval; Sum = Sum score; PFB = Partnership Questionnaire; QADC = Questionnaire for Addressing Dyadic Coping; PL = Problem List.