Table 2.
Percentages of Female and Male Children Who Met DSM-IV Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder and BPD Diagnosis
| Female Child Sample |
Male Child Sample |
Comparison of Child Samples | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (SE) |
N | % (SE) |
% Difference Between Child Samples |
95%CI | z | p-valuea | |
| Affective Criteria | ||||||||
| Intense, Inappropriate Anger | 766 | 23.4 (0.74) |
742 | 24.3 (0.78) |
0.9 | −1.2, 3.0 | 0.81 | 0.41800 |
| Mood Reactivity | 473 | 14.5 (0.61) |
272 | 8.9 (0.51) |
−5.6 | −7.1, −4.0 | −6.85 | <0.00001 |
| Chronic Feelings of Emptiness | 297 | 9.1 (0.50) |
245 | 8.0 (0.49) |
−1.1 | −2.4, 0.3 | −1.51 | 0.13200 |
| Cognitive Criteria | ||||||||
| Stress-related Dissociation/Paranoia | 209 | 6.4 (0.43) |
177 | 5.8 (0.42) |
−0.6 | −1.8, 0.6 | −0.99 | 0.32200 |
| Serious Identity Disturbance | 238 | 7.3 (0.45) |
183 | 6.0 (0.43) |
−1.3 | −2.5, −0.1 | −2.05 | 0.04000 |
| Impulsive Criteria | ||||||||
| Physically Self-destructive Acts | 112 | 3.4 (0.32) |
163 | 5.3 (0.41) |
1.9 | 0.9, 2.9 | 3.73 | <0.00001 |
| Two Other Forms of Impulsivity | 242 | 7.4 (0.46) |
433 | 14.2 (0.63) |
6.8 | 5.2, 8.3 | 8.72 | <0.00001 |
| Interpersonal Criteria | ||||||||
| Frantic Efforts to Avoid Abandonment | 178 | 5.4 (0.40) |
109 | 3.6 (0.34) |
−1.8 | −2.9,−0.9 | −3.58 | <0.00001 |
| Unstable Relationships | 598 | 18.3 (0.68) |
378 | 12.4 (0.60) |
−5.9 | −7.7, −4.1 | −6.50 | <0.00001 |
| DSM-IV BPD | 118 | 3.6 (0.33) |
85 | 2.8 (0.30) |
−0.8 | −1.7, 0.00 | −1.86 | 0.06300 |
a
Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons yielded significance level of 0.005 (0.05/10).