Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis Examining the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation and Ego-Control in the Relationship between Sensation Seeking and Affective Dysfunction (and their Interaction) and Childhood Borderline Personality Symptoms (N = 263)

	β	b (SE)	R2(Adj)	R2Δ	F
Step1			.03 (.02)	.03*	3.28*
Depression/anxiety	.11	.03 (.02)
Delinquent behaviors	.08	.11 (.09)
Step 2			.54 (.53)	.52***	76.02***
Depression/anxiety	.05	.01 (.01)
Delinquent behaviors	−.01	−.01 (.06)
Sensation seeking	.12**	.52 (.20)
Affective dysfunction	.70***	2.99 (.18)
Step 3			.55 (.54)	.01*	62.95***
Depression/anxiety	.06	.01 (.01)
Delinquent behaviors	−.01	−.01 (.06)
Sensation seeking	.12*	.51 (.20)
Affective dysfunction	.70***	2.95 (.18)
Sensation seeking × Affective dysfunction	.10*	.38 (.16)
Step 4			.63 (.62)	.08***	62.87***
Depression/anxiety	.04	.01 (.01)
Delinquent behaviors	−.02	−.03 (.06)
Sensation seeking	.07	.31 (.18)
Affective dysfunction	.56***	2.39 (.18)
Sensation seeking × Affective dysfunction	.07	.28 (.15)
Emotion regulation	−.13**	−.56 (.17)
Ego-control	−.30***	−1.25 (.18)

^*p < .05.

^**p < .001.