Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of the adult and adolescent samples.
| Adolescents | Adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | HC (n=13) | BPD (n=14) | HC (n=18) | BPD (n=24) |
| Age (years) | 16.2 (0.8) | 15.8 (1.1) | 28.6 (6.9) | 32.0 (9.0) |
| Sex | 9F, 4M | 12F, 2M *** | 6F, 12M | 5F, 19M *** |
| ALS | 28.8 (26.1) | 92.4 (26.9) # | 19.5 (20.3) | 97.3 (23.6) # |
| BIS-11 | 74.5 (4.3) | 73.8 (5.3) | 48.2 (7.9) | 75.0 (8.8) # |
| BPAQ | 46.1 (7.6) | 52.3 (23.9)**# | 41.7 (7.3) | 76.2 (9.7)**# |
| BDI | 2.3 (4.2) | 20.8 (12.4) # | 1.1 (2.3) | 19.2 (7.3) # |
| STAXI-T | 13.9 (3.5) | 21.8 (6.5)*# | 13.1 (2.2) | 28.2 (7.4)*# |
ALS = Affective Lability Scale; BIS-11 = Barratt Impulsivity Scale; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; STAXI-T = State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory II, trait anger; BPAQ = Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire. For contrast between adolescent BPD and adult BPD:
*
p < 0.02;
**
p = 0.0001;
***
p=0.0004.
For contrast between BPD and HC in adolescents and adults separately:
#
p<0.001. Uncorrected p values reported.