Table 2. Correlations and descriptive statistics for key variables.
| Variable | Mean | SD | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Age | 24.82 | 8.05 | .02 | .08*** | -.07** | -.07** | .01 | -.08*** | -.09*** | -.16*** | .10*** | -.13*** | -.10*** | -.14*** | .010 |
| 2. Gender | - | - | - | -.11*** | .03 | -.02 | -.09*** | -.03 | -.07*** | -.05* | -.05* | .17*** | -.01 | .09*** | -.01 |
| 3. Family history | - | - | - | .15*** | .08*** | .18*** | .18*** | .19*** | .14*** | -.05* | -.02 | .11*** | .07** | -.01 | |
| 4. Depression | 12.40 | 10.44 | - | .67*** | .69*** | .82*** | .41*** | .47*** | -.31*** | .28*** | .49*** | .33*** | .02 | ||
| 5. Anxiety | 9.76 | 8.57 | - | .73*** | .71*** | .38*** | .46*** | -.23*** | .21*** | .50*** | .31*** | .09*** | |||
| 6. Stress | 14.02 | 9.51 | - | .70*** | .43*** | .51*** | -.26*** | .13*** | .47*** | .26*** | .06* | ||||
| 7. BPD symptoms | 19.35 | 16.59 | - | .53*** | .54*** | -.30*** | .29*** | .58*** | .37*** | .05* | |||||
| 8. BPD behavior | 2.57 | 3.11 | - | .34*** | -.19*** | .10*** | .38*** | .22*** | .04 | ||||||
| 9. Rumination | 67.73 | 12.81 | - | .29*** | .55*** | .55*** | .44*** | .14*** | |||||||
| 10. Cog. Reappr.1 | 28.38 | 6.10 | - | -.05* | -.25*** | -.15*** | .18*** | ||||||||
| 11. Expr.Supp.2 | 15.38 | 4.88 | - | .40*** | .57*** | .10*** | |||||||||
| 12. DIF3 | 17.31 | 5.97 | - | .64*** | .15*** | ||||||||||
| 13. DDF4 | 14.30 | 2.90 | - | .20*** | |||||||||||
| 14. EOT5 | 25.40 | 2.97 | - |
*** Significant at < .001 level (2-tailed);
** Significant at .01 level (2-tailed);
* Significant at .05 level (2-tailed);
1 Cognitive reappraisal (emotional regulation);
2 Expressive Suppression (emotional regulation);
3 Difficulty identifying feelings (alexithymia);
4 Difficulty describing feelings (alexithymia);
5 Externally oriented thinking (alexithymia).