Table 1. Demographic Characteristics and Affective Lability Scale (ALS) Scores for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bulimia Nervosa (BN) Participants, and Healthy Controls (HC).
| Variable | BPD (n = 43) | CC = PTSD + BN (n = 48) | PTSD (n = 28) | BN (n = 20) | HC (n = 28) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | ||||||
| M (SD) | 26.72 (7.07) | 30.44 (8.95) | 35.25 (7.53) | 23.70 (5.97) | 28.82 (7.47) | n.s. |
| Psychotropic medication | ||||||
| n (%) | 16 (37%) | 22 (46%) | 17 (60%) | 5 (25%) | — | n.s. |
| Hospitalization | ||||||
| Outpatients n (%) | 26 (60%) | 17 (35%) | 8 (29%) | 9 (45%) | ||
| Inpatients n (%) | 17 (40%) | 31 (65%) | 20 (71%) | 11 (55%) | ||
| Current Axis I diagnoses n (%) | ||||||
| Major depression | 9 (21%) | 15 (54%) | 10 (50%) | |||
| Anxiety disorders | 27 (63%) | 19 (68%) | 10 (50%) | |||
| Generalized anx. | 6 (14%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (5%) | |||
| Social phobia | 16 (37%) | 12 (43%) | 8 (40%) | |||
| Panic disorder | 14 (33%) | 10 (35%) | 2 (10%) | |||
| Agora phobia | 3 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (10%) | |||
| Specific phobia | 8 (19%) | 4 (14%) | 4 (20%) | |||
| PTSD | 22 (51%) | 28 (100%) | 3 (15%) | |||
| Obs-Compulsive | 5 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | |||
| Eating disorders | 14 (33%) | 8 (29%) | 20 (100%) | |||
| Anorexia | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | 0 (0%) | |||
| Bulimia | 9 (21%) | 2 (7%) | 20 (100%) | |||
| Binge eating | 5 (12%) | 5 (18%) | 0 (0%) | |||
| Current Axis II disorders n (%) | ||||||
| Borderline | 43 (100%) | exclusion criterion | ||||
| Avoidant | 24 (25%) | 6 (21%) | 3 (15%) | |||
| Obs-Compulsive | 7 (16%) | 3 (11%) | 2 (10%) | |||
| Dependent | 7 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | |||
| Paranoid | 7 (16%) | 3 (11%) | 1 (5%) | |||
| ALS total score: Sum scores | p < .001 (F-test) | |||||
| M (SD) | 17.33 (3.11) | 12.49 (4.56) | 12.21 (5.10) | 12.90 (3.78) | 2.27 (2.33) | BPD > HC (p < .001, G-H) BPD > CC (p < .001, G-H) |
Note. n.s. = no significance; G-H = Games-Howell.