Table 4.

Comparison of personality traits, impulsivity and emotion regulation measures.

		Mean (standard deviation)								Pairwise comparisons
		BSD (n = 57)		BSD + NSSI (n = 28)		BSD + SA (n = 37)		Factor group		BSD vs. BSD + NSSI		BSD vs. BSD + SA		NSSI vs. SA
	α	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Fdf = 119	p	MDa	|d|b	MDa	|d|b	MDa	|d|b
TCI-R: Novelty seeking	0.75	105.79	15.53	101.68	11.25	101.68	16.21	1.16	0.317	4.11	0.30	4.11	0.26	0.00	0.00
TCI-R: Harm avoidance	0.92	114.44	20.25	118.93	21.71	123.32	22.61	1.97	0.144	−4.49	0.21	−8.89	0.41	−4.40	0.20
TCI-R: Reward dependence	0.80	107.12	15.12	97.46	13.61	96.54	15.01	7.27	0.001	9.66	0.67	10.58	0.70	0.92	0.06
TCI-R: Persistence	0.87	109.37	21.25	104.32	19.10	97.57	18.30	3.94	0.022	5.05	0.25	11.80	0.60	6.75	0.36
TCI-R: Self-directedness	0.85	117.72	20.55	116.71	17.30	109.00	20.56	2.32	0.102	1.01	0.05	8.72	0.52	7.71	0.41
TCI-R: Cooperativeness	0.84	134.84	14.33	138.46	17.02	128.24	19.09	3.32	0.039	−3.62	0.23	6.60	0.39	10.22	0.57
TCI-R: Self-transcendence	0.83	66.25	13.90	65.21	11.22	62.08	16.93	0.96	0.385	1.03	0.08	4.16	0.27	3.13	0.22
UPPS: Negative urgency	0.86	34.18	5.99	34.64	6.09	34.28	6.14	0.06	0.946	−0.46	0.08	−0.10	0.02	0.37	0.06
UPPS: Lack premeditation	0.79	23.63	5.93	22.46	5.33	25.92	6.51	2.88	0.060	1.16	0.21	−2.29	0.37	−3.45	0.58
UPPS: Lack Perseverance	0.88	22.48	4.99	24.75	5.52	25.28	4.55	4.03	0.020	−2.27	0.43	−2.80	0.59	−0.53	0.10
UPPS: Sensation seeking	0.90	27.00	8.67	25.96	9.91	25.44	7.99	0.37	0.692	1.04	0.11	1.56	0.19	0.52	0.06
UPPS: Positive urgency	0.80	30.11	8.80	29.32	7.78	31.31	10.07	0.40	0.668	0.79	0.09	−1.20	0.13	−1.98	0.22
DERS: Non-acceptance	0.89	17.58	6.16	21.43	6.20	20.70	6.84	4.51	0.013	−3.85	0.62	−3.12	0.50	0.73	0.11
DERS: Goals	0.87	15.82	4.23	18.86	4.87	18.14	5.20	4.93	0.009	−3.03	0.66	−2.31	0.50	0.72	0.14
DERS: Impulse	0.88	15.54	6.31	17.43	6.72	19.22	5.56	4.00	0.021	−1.88	0.29	−3.67	0.62	−1.79	0.29
DERS: Awareness	0.77	17.35	5.32	17.54	3.91	19.43	4.96	2.18	0.117	−0.18	0.04	−2.08	0.51	−1.90	0.42
DERS: Strategies	0.88	23.28	6.85	27.61	8.97	27.46	7.88	4.62	0.012	−4.33	0.54	−4.18	0.57	0.15	0.02
DERS: Clarity	0.85	14.68	4.66	15.75	4.92	17.41	4.34	3.88	0.023	−1.07	0.22	−2.72	0.60	−1.66	0.36
DERS: Total score	0.94	104.26	22.35	118.61	28.17	122.35	23.96	7.19	0.001	−14.3	0.56	−18.1	0.78	−3.74	0.14
BIS: Cognitive	0.70	15.63	4.47	16.54	3.37	18.19	4.61	3.99	0.021	−0.90	0.23	−2.56	0.56	−1.65	0.41
BIS: Motor	0.70	18.84	7.36	17.57	6.75	20.86	7.78	1.70	0.187	1.27	0.18	−2.02	0.27	−3.29	0.45
BIS: No plan	0.73	19.28	6.42	18.29	5.57	21.51	6.96	2.28	0.107	0.99	0.17	−2.23	0.33	−3.23	0.51
BIS: Total	0.72	53.75	13.60	52.39	11.13	60.57	14.22	3.95	0.022	1.36	0.11	−6.81	0.50	−8.17	0.64

BSD, bulimic-spectrum disorder; NSSI, non-suicidal self-injury; SA, suicide attempts; TCI-R, Temperament and Character Inventory revised; UPPS-P, Impulsive Behavior Scale; BIS, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale – 11; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DERS Non-acceptance, Non-acceptance of emotional responses; DERS Goals, Difficulties engaging in goal directed behavior; DERS Impulse, Impulse control difficulties; DERS Awareness, Lack of emotional awareness; DERS Strategies, limited access to emotion regulation strategies; DERS Clarity, lack of emotional clarity |d| Cohen's-d for effect size.

^aBold, significant pairwise comparison (0.05 level).

^bBold, moderate (|d| > 0.5) to large (|d| > 0.8) effect size.

α, Chronbach's alpha in the sample. Results obtained via ANOVA procedure.