Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and intercorrelations among primary study variables
| N | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Public assistance (0 = absent, 1 = present) | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2. Minority race (0 = absent, 1 = present) | 74 | 0.37** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3. Girls’ negative affect | 74 | −0.06 | −0.02 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4. Maternal problem solving | 74 | −0.27* | −0.21 | −0.07 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Maternal support/validation | 74 | −0.25* | −0.09 | −0.16 | 0.56*** | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6. W1 BPD severitya | 74 | 0.31** | 0.12 | 0.36** | −0.09 | −0.09 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7. W2 BPD severitya | 69 | 0.30* | 0.22 | 0.34** | −0.05 | −0.16 | 0.74*** | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8. W3 BPD severitya | 56 | 0.11 | −0.07 | 0.35** | −0.03 | −0.08 | 0.74*** | 0.70*** | – | – | – | – |
| 9. W4 BPD severitya | 65 | 0.26* | 0.06 | 0.29* | −0.04 | −0.05 | 0.66*** | 0.70*** | .68** | – | – | – |
| 10. Anxiety severity | 74 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 0.10 | −.003 | 0.47*** | 0.41** | 0.42** | 0.48*** | – | – |
| 11. Depression severity | 74 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.15 | −0.13 | −0.16 | 0.48*** | 0.48*** | 0.34* | 0.45*** | 0.51*** | – |
| Mean/% | 55.41 % | 64.86 % | 2.98 | 2.65 | 2.53 | 3.93 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.48 | 15.35 | 8.85 | |
| SD/N | n = 41 | n = 48 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 4.02 | 3.54 | 3.54 | 3.53 | 10.76 | 6.02 | |
| Range | – | – | 1.50–5.00 | 1.00–4.50 | 1.00–4.50 | 0.00–15.00 | 0.00–15.00 | 0.00–15.00 | 0.00–15.00 | 0.00–44.00 | 2.00–22.00 |
BPD = borderline personality disorder severity, assessed with the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders (SIDP); W1–W4 = assessment waves 1, 2, 3, and 4, beginning at age 16 and occurring at approximately 6 month intervals
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001
a
Analyses were conducted with logarithmically transformed variables, but raw descriptives are provided for interpretability