Table 3.

Suicide attempts and narrow personality traits: a multinomial regression model

	Likelihood of RSA vs NSA			Likelihood of SA vs NSA			Likelihood of RSA vs SA
	B (SE)	Exp [B](95% CI)	P	B (SE)	Exp [B](95% CI)	P	B (SE)	Exp [B](95% CI)	P
Childhood mood disorder	1.01(.62)	2.75(.815–9.28)	.103	.19(.52)	1.20(.43–3.36)	.723	.83(.69)	2.29(.59–8.91)	.234
Childhood sexual abuse	.37(.10)	1.45(1.20–1.77)	.0005	.11(.09)	1.12(.93–1.33)	.230	.27(.12)	1.30(1.04–1.64)	.023
Suicidal ideation (lifetime)	1.89(.43)	6.61(2.86–15.27)	.0005	1.81(.23)	6.10(3.90–9.54)	.0005	.08(.46)	1.08(.44–2.68)	.863
Anxiousness	-.01(.03)	.99(.93–1.05)	.738	-.09(.02)	.92(.88–.95)	.0005	.08(.03)	1.08(1.01–1.15)	.024
Affective instability	.05(.03)	1.05(.99–1.12)	.117	.07(.02)	1.08(1.04–1.12)	.0005	-.02(.03)	.98(.91–1.05)	.501

Model fit: X² ₁₀ = 178.48 p = .0005; McFadden R² = 31.2%; RSA = Repeated suicide attempters (n = 34); SA = one-time suicide attempters (n = 90); NSA = nonattempters (n = 970).