. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 28.

Published in final edited form as: J Consult Clin Psychol. 2010 Aug;78(4):585–589. doi: 10.1037/a0019003

Table 3.

Validity of FFM traits and Borderline features to predict prospective psychosocial functioning.

	Model R²				Significant Predictors	Beta

Year	FFM	BPD \|FFM\|	BPD	FFM \|BPD\|			\|FX\|
2	.19^**	.05^**	.13^**	.12^**	FFM Extraversion	.22^**	.17^**
\|FX\|	.08^**	.02^*	.03^**	.06^**	FFM Openness	.13^**	.09
					FFM Agreeableness	.11^*	.07
					BPD Cognitive	-.15^*	-.06
					BPD Impulse Actions	-.14^*	-.13^**

4	.19^**	.03^*	.09^**	.13^**	FFM Extraversion	.27^**	.22^**
\|FX\|	.09^**	.01	.02	.07^**	FFM Agreeableness	.17^**	.13^**

6	.16^**	.03^*	.07^**	.12^**	FFM Extraversion	.28^**	.22^**
\|FX\|	.07^**	.01	.01	.07^**

8	.15^**	.02	.06^**	.14^**	FFM Extraversion	.28^**	.22^*
\|FX\|	.06^**	.01	.01	.06^**	FFM Agreeableness	.14^*	.10

10	.13^**	.05^**	.09^**	.16^**	FFM Extraversion	.23^**	.18^**
\|FX\|	.05^**	.02	.03^*	.05^**	BPD Cognitive	-.16^*	-.10
					BPD Impulse Actions	-.13^*	-.13^*

Note. BPD |FFM| denotes the increment of BPD over FFM traits and FFM |BPD| indicates the increment of FFM traits over BPD. In the rows, |FX| denotes the increment of BPD and FFM traits over baseline psychosocial functioning (FX); in the columns |FX| indicates the Beta weights for personality traits and BPD elements with FX controlled. Baseline psychosocial functioning was a significant (p < .01) predictor in every model (2-year Beta = .41, 4 = .36, 6 = .37, 8 = .36, 10 = .33).

p < .05

^**

p < .01