Table 2.
Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms by Diagnostic Criteria
| STAA | LTAA | NAC | Effect Size (Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney Odds Ratios) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALC (n=36) |
ALC+DRG (n=56) |
ALC (n=47) |
ALC+DRG (n=59) |
(n=64) | STAA & LTAA vs. NAC |
STAA vs. LTAA |
ALC+D RG vs. ALC |
Women vs. Men |
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| Men (n=25) |
Women (n=11) |
Men (n=34) |
Women (n=22) |
Men (n=27) |
Women (n=20) |
Men (n=29) |
Women (n=30) |
Men (n=30) |
Women (n=34) |
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Lifetime Symptoms |
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| Frantic avoidance of abandonment |
.60±.50 | .73±.47 | .56±.50 | .86±.35 | .74±.45 | .60±.50 | .79±.41 | .73±.45 | .23±.43 | .32±.48 | 2.4*** | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Intense, unstable interpersonal relationships |
.52±.51 | .46±.53 | .41±.50 | .64±.49 | .52±.51 | .50±.51 | .55±.51 | .57±.50 | .20±.41 | .29±.46 | 1.7*** | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Markedly unstable identity or self-image |
.45±.28 | .23±.33 | .33±.35 | .44±.39 | .39±.34 | .51±.39 | .36±.30 | .43±.40 | .08±.21 | .12±.25 | 3.1*** | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 |
| Detrimental impulsivity in at least two areas |
.64±.49 | .55±.52 | .65±.49 | .82±.40 | .67±.48 | .65±.49 | .62±.49 | .83±.38 | .37±.49 | .32±.48 | 2.0*** | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Suicidal or self-harming behavior |
.28±.41 | .32±.41 | .12±.22 | .59±.45 | .19±.34 | .33±.41 | .16±.24 | .53±.39 | .10±.28 | .10±.27 | 1.8*** | 1 | 1.2 | 1.7*** |
| Marked mood reactivity & emotional instability |
.24±.44 | .27±.47 | .32±.48 | .46±.51 | .41±.50 | .55±.51 | .35±.48 | .50±.51 | .07±.25 | .27±.45 | 1.6*** | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3* |
| Feelings of emptiness |
.64±.49 | .46±.47 | .47±.51 | .46±.51 | .48±.51 | .40±.50 | .46±.50 | .40±.50 | .07±.25 | .12±.33 | 2.2*** | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Intense, inappropriate, or uncontrollable anger |
.09±.26 | .33±.3 | .19±.32 | .52±.41 | .31±.40 | .27±.38 | .38±.41 | .36±.42 | .89±.19 | .15±.29 | 1.6*** | 0.8 | 1.4* | 1.3* |
| Transient paranoia or dissociative symptoms |
.32±.48 | .09±.30 | .24±.43 | .36±.49 | .33±.48 | .65±.49 | .35±.48 | .37±.49 | .07±.25 | .59±.24 | 1.8*** | 0.7* | 0.9 | 1.1 |
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Current Symptoms (past 12 months) |
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| Frantic avoidance of abandonment |
.20±.41 | .27±.47 | .17±.38 | .64±.49 | .22±.42 | .40±.50 | .35±.48 | .40±.50 | .03±.18 | .03±.17 | 1.8*** | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3** |
| Intense, unstable interpersonal relationships |
.24±.44 | .27±.47 | .24±.43 | .64±.49 | .37±.49 | .35±.49 | .35±.48 | .43±.50 | .10±.31 | .18±.39 | 1.6*** | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3* |
| Markedly unstable identity or self-image |
.34±.30 | .18±.32 | .25±.30 | .42±.37 | .27±.33 | .33±.37 | .22±.27 | .28±.32 | .06±.20 | .08±.20 | 3.1*** | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 |
| Detrimental impulsivity in at least two areas |
.52±.48 | .27±.47 | .50±.51 | .68±.48 | .59±.50 | .40±.50 | .41±.50 | .60±.50 | .17±.38 | .18±.39 | 2.0*** | 1 | 1.1 | 1 |
| Suicidal or self-harming behavior |
.10±.25 | .00±.00 | .03±.12 | .41±.45 | .06±.19 | .27±.42 | .07±.23 | .13±.32 | .03±.18 | .00±.00 | 1.3*** | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Marked mood |
.20±. | .27±.4 | .24±. | .41±.5 | .22±. | .45±.5 | .28±. | .40±.5 | .07±.25 | .21±.41 | 1.4* | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3** |
| reactivity & emotional instability |
41 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 46 | 0 | ** | |||||
| Feelings of emptiness |
.64±.49 | .27±.48 | .41±.50 | .41±.50 | .30±.47 | .20±.41 | .26±.44 | .30±.47 | .03±.18 | .09±.29 | 1.8*** | 1.5** | 1 | 0.8 |
| Intense, inappropriate, or uncontrollable anger |
.04±.15 | .21±.31 | .09±.24 | .38±.40 | .17±.30 | .07±.23 | .23±.32 | .17±.29 | .08±.19 | .10±.24 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.3* | 1.2 |
| Transient paranoia or dissociative symptoms |
.32±.48 | .09±.30 | .19±.33 | .32±.48 | .20±.41 | .24±.44 | .21±.41 | .30±.47 | .07±.25 | .03±.17 | 1.5*** | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
Effect is significant:
*
p ≤0.05,
**
p ≤0.01,
***
p ≤0.001
This data is taken from (Fein and Nip, 2012).