Table 1.
Percentages of Children and Adults Who Met DSM-IV Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder and BPD Diagnosis
| Child Sample | Adult Sample | Comparison of Adult and Child Samples | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (SE) |
N | % (SE) |
% Difference Between Adult and Child Samples |
95%CI | z | p-valuea | |
| Affective Criteria | ||||||||
| Intense, Inappropriate Anger | 1,508 | 23.8 (0.54) |
5,415 | 15.3 (0.28) |
−8.5 | −9.7, −7.3 | −13.97 | <0.00001 |
| Mood Reactivity | 745 | 11.8 (0.41) |
2,458 | 6.6 (0.19) |
−5.2 | −6.1, −4.3 | −11.51 | <0.00001 |
| Chronic Feelings of Emptiness | 542 | 8.6 (0.35) |
3,625 | 9.4 (0.23) |
0.8 | 0.0, 1.6 | 1.91 | 0.05611 |
| Cognitive Criteria | ||||||||
| Stress-related Dissociation/Paranoia | 386 | 6.1 (0.30) |
3,063 | 8.4 (0.22) |
2.3 | 1.6, 3.0 | 6.18 | <0.00001 |
| Serious Identity Disturbance | 421 | 6.7 (0.31) |
5,939 | 15.8 (0.28) |
9.1 | 8.3, 9.9 | 21.78 | <0.00001 |
| Impulsive Criteria | ||||||||
| Physically Self-destructive Acts | 275 | 4.3 (0.26) |
1,401 | 4.0 (0.16) |
−0.3 | −0.9, 0.3 | −0.98 | 0.32576 |
| Two Other Forms of Impulsivity | 675 | 10.7 (0.39) |
9,927 | 27.8 (0.38) |
17.1 | 16.0, 18.2 | 31.40 | <0.00001 |
| Interpersonal Criteria | ||||||||
| Frantic Efforts to Avoid Abandonment | 287 | 4.5 (0.26) |
4,341 | 12.0 (0.23) |
7.5 | 6.8, 8.2 | 21.61 | <0.00001 |
| Unstable Relationships | 976 | 15.4 (0.45) |
6,384 | 16.7 (0.31) |
1.3 | 0.2, 2.4 | 2.38 | 0.01736 |
| DSM-IV BPD | 203 | 3.2 (0.22) |
2,231 | 5.9 (0.19) |
2.7 | 2.1, 3.3 | 9.29 | <0.00001 |
a
Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons yielded significance level of 0.001 (0.05/30).