Table 4.

BSL mean scores’ distribution by BPD severity levels as measured by the categorical CGI-BPD unstandardized scores

	1st quartile (n=46)	2nd quartile (n=46)	3rd quartile (n=46)	4th quartile (n=45)	Bonferroni posthoc comparisons
BSL-23 scores	.55 [.61]	1.03 [.81]	1.78 [.81]	2.44 [.89]	(1st )<(2nd)*,
					(1st )< (3rd)***, (1st )< (4th)***,
					(2nd)<(3rd )***, (2nd)< (4th)***,
					(3rd)<(4th)**

*p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.

Mean and SD (between brackets) are represented. The following quartile values represent each severity level according to predicted CGI-BPD scores: 1st quartile: 3.59, 2nd quartile: 4.27; 3rd quartile: 4.9; 4th quartile: 6.63. BPD: Borderline Personality Disorder,.