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Table 3.

Hierarchical Regression Analysis Exploring the Roles of Affective Dysfunction, Impulsivity, Emotional Abuse, and their Interactions in Childhood Borderline Personality Symptoms, Controlling for Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology (N = 225)

Predictors	β	R² (Adj. R²)	ΔR²	F
Step 1		.27 (.25)	.27^***	15.77^**
Depression symptom severity	.06
Anxiety symptom severity	.15
Delinquent behaviors	.03
Oppositional defiant disorder	.26^***
Conduct disorder	.26^***
Step 2		.58 (.57)	.31^***	42.55^***
Affective dysfunction	.63^***
Impulsivity	.11^*
Step 3		.58 (.56)	.00	37.07^***
Affective dysfunction × Impulsivity	.01
Step 4		.60 (.58)	.02^**	35.09^***
Emotional abuse	.17^**
Step 5		.61 (.59)	.01^*	30.09^***
Emotional abuse × Affective dysfunction	.13^**
Emotional abuse × Impulsivity	−.00
Step 6		.61 (.59)	.01	28.05^***
Emotional abuse × Affective dysfunction × Impulsivity	−.12

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p< .001.