Table 1. Demographic and clinical variables in healthy control participants (HC) and patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
| HC (n = 30) | BPD (n = 30) | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | SD (±) | AM | SD (±) | t* | p | |
| Age- years | 26.13 | 7.29 | 26.10 | 4.76 | 0.21 | .983 |
| Years of education, n (%) | ||||||
| 9 years | 0 | (0) | 4 | (13.33) | U = 409 | .492 |
| 10 years | 13 | (43.33) | 10 | (33.33) | Z = −0.69 | |
| 13 years | 17 | (46.67) | 16 | (53.33) | ||
| BDI-total score | 2.50 | 3.07 | 28.79 | 9.56 | −14.33 | <.001 |
| BSL-23—mean score | 0.10 | 0.15 | 2.42 | 0.71 | −17.55 | <.001 |
| ASF-E | ||||||
| negative events | ||||||
| — internality a | 62.44 | 13.37 | 88.09 | 17.14 | −6.13 | <.001 |
| — stability b | 56.04 | 14.60 | 80.92 | 16.96 | −5.78 | <.001 |
| — globality a | 49.22 | 16.17 | 85.54 | 17.16 | −8.00 | <.001 |
| positive events | ||||||
| — internality b | 79.11 | 12.62 | 60.85 | 17.90 | 4.36 | <.001 |
| — stability b | 76.50 | 9.88 | 68.30 | 12.52 | 2.67 | .010 |
| — globality b | 77.35 | 16.11 | 65.19 | 16.45 | 2.77 | .008 |
| Co-morbidities, n (%) | ||||||
| major depressive disorder | 2 | (6.67) | ||||
| dysthymia | 2 | (6.67) | ||||
| panic disorder with agoraphobia | 2 | (6.67) | ||||
| social phobia | 8 | (26.67) | ||||
| specific phobia | 2 | (6.67) | ||||
| obsessive compulsive disorder | 2 | (6.67) | ||||
| posttraumatic stress disorder | 17 | (56.67) | ||||
| somatization disorder | 1 | (3.33) | ||||
| unspecific somatoform disorder | 2 | (6.67) | ||||
| bulimia nervosa | 2 | (6.67) | ||||
| binge eating disorder | 5 | (16.67) | ||||
| dissociative convulsions | 1 | (3.33) | ||||
Note: ASF-E = Attributional Style Questionnaire for Adults; BPD = borderline personality disorder; BSL-23 = Borderline Symptom List-23; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; HC = healthy control participants; t-Test performed at a significance level of p<.05.
* if not otherwise specified
a missing data of 3 HC and 2 BPD
b missing data of 3 HC and 3 BPD