Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for mood, BPD features and attentional subscales.
| Measure | Prior self-harm (n = 117) | No self-harm (n = 223) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min-Max | Mean (SD) | |||
| Negative affect | 10–49 | 28.79 (8.79) | 24.53 (9.25) | t(338) = −4.11** |
| Positive affect | 10–48 | 26.17 (8.26) | 29.28 (9.08) | t(338) = 3.10* |
| Focusing | 9–36 | 22.15 (4.19) | 21.48 (4.68) | t(338) = −1.31 |
| Shifting | 6–24 | 14.47 (2.54) | 16.37 (3.16) | t(338) = 5.61** |
| Flexibility | 5–20 | 11.17 (2.24) | 11.84 (2.93) | t(338) = 2.17* |
| Combined Borderline Scale (Z-scores) | −6.78–6.34 | 0.51 (0.83) | −0.33 (0.76) | t(338) = −9.39** |
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001.