Table 3.
Percentages of Female and Male Adults Who Met DSM-IV Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder and BPD Diagnosis
| Female Adult Sample |
Male Adult Sample |
Comparison of Adult Samples | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (SE) |
N | % (SE) |
% Difference Between Adult Samples |
95%CI | z | p-valuea | |
| Affective Criteria | ||||||||
| Intense, Inappropriate Anger | 3062 | 14.3 (0.35) |
2353 | 16.4 (0.35) |
2.1 | 0.5, 3.7 | 2.51 | 0.01207 |
| Mood Reactivity | 1617 | 7.7 (0.25) |
841 | 5.4 (0.22) |
−2.3 | −3.6, −1.0 | −3.35 | 0.00079 |
| Chronic Feelings of Emptiness | 2322 | 10.7 (0.31) |
1303 | 8.0 (0.29) |
−2.7 | −4.2, −1.2 | −3.49 | 0.000049 |
| Cognitive Criteria | ||||||||
| Stress-related Dissociation/Paranoia | 1770 | 8.4 (0.28) |
1293 | 8.4 (0.30) |
0.0 | −1.5, 1.5 | 0.00 | 1.00000 |
| Serious Identity Disturbance | 3417 | 15.3 (0.34) |
2522 | 16.3 (0.40) |
1.0 | −0.7, 2.7 | 1.16 | 0.24504 |
| Impulsive Criteria | ||||||||
| Physically Self-destructive Acts | 897 | 4.6 (0.22) |
504 | 3.4 (0.21) |
−1.2 | −2.5, 0.1 | −1.83 | 0.06725 |
| Two Other Forms of Impulsivity | 4956 | 23.4 (0.42) |
4971 | 32.7 (0.51) |
9.3 | 7.4, 11.2 | 9.64 | <0.00001 |
| Interpersonal Criteria | ||||||||
| Frantic Efforts to Avoid Abandonment | 2457 | 11.7 (0.28) |
1884 | 12.3 (0.34) |
0.6 | −0.9, 2.1 | 0.76 | 0.44606 |
| Unstable Relationships | 3733 | 16.8 (0.36) |
2651 | 16.6 (0.41) |
−0.2 | −1.9, 1.5 | −0.23 | 0.81970 |
| DSM-IV BPD | 1337 | 6.2 (0.25) |
894 | 5.6 (0.24) |
−0.6 | −2.0, 0.8 | −0.86 | 0.39137 |
a
Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons yielded significance level of 0.005 (0.05/10).