Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical data among BPD youth reporting abuse and no abuse.
| Abuse | No abuse | Statistic | p | Effect size | CI95 | |
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| (n = 29) | (n = 29) | |||||
| Age | 17.07 (1.87) | 16.97 (1.97) | t(56) = −0.21 | .84 | d = 0.05 | |
| BPD symptoms | 18.22 (7.85) | 12.93 (7.06) | t(56) = 2.70 | .009 | d = 0.71 | 0.17–1.24 |
| Suicidal ideation severity | 16.05 (11.13) | 11.08 (10.28) | t(56) = 1.77 | .08 | d = 0.46 | −0.06 to 0.98 |
| Sexual abuse severity | 14.10 (6.75) | 5.00 (0.00) | t(28.38) = 7.26 | <.001 | d = 1.91 | |
| Sexual abuse frequency | 2.59 (2.64) | 0.17 (0.60) | t (30.90) = 4.80 | <.001 | d = 1.26 | |
| Physical abuse severity | 8.65 (5.38) | 5.14 (0.44) | t(28.00) = 3.50 | .001 | d = 0.92 | |
| Physical abuse frequency | 4.83 (6.02) | 2.48 (3.44) | t(44.53) = 1.82 | .08 | d = 0.48 | |
| Psychotropic medications, n (%) | 28 (96.6) | 29 (100) | χ2(1) = 1.02 | .31 | φ = −0.13 | |
| Current comorbidities, n (%) | ||||||
| MDD/dysthymia | 20 (69.0) | 23 (79.3) | χ2(1) = 0.81 | .37 | φ = −0.12 | |
| Substance disorder | 13 (44.8) | 12 (41.4) | χ2(1) = 0.07 | .79 | φ = 0.04 | |
| Posttraumatic stress disorder | 13 (44.8) | 1 (3.4) | χ2(1) = 13.56 | <.001 | φ = 0.48 | |
| Other anxiety disorders | 18 (62.1) | 20 (69.0) | χ2(1) = 0.31 | .58 | φ = −0.07 | |
| Behavioral disorder | 10 (34.5) | 10 (34.5) | χ2(1) = 0.00 | 1.00 | φ = 0.00 | |
| Bipolar disorder (I, II, NOS) | 8 (27.6) | 5 (17.2) | χ2(1) = 0.89 | .35 | φ = 0.12 | |
| Bulimia nervosa | 3 (10.3) | 0 (0.0) | χ2(1) = 3.16 | .08 | φ = 0.23 | |
| Psychotic disorder | 1 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | χ2(1) = 1.02 | .31 | φ = 0.13 | |
| NSSI and suicidality | ||||||
| NSSI, past month | 9.10 (11.99) | 2.41 (4.99) | χ2(1) = 8.81 | .003 | OR = 3.77 | 1.57–9.06 |
| Suicidal ideation, past month | 11.72 (11.22) | 10.45 (11.34) | χ2(1) = 0.19 | .66 | OR = 1.12 | 0.67–1.88 |
| Suicide plans, past month | 3.97 (5.19) | 1.86 (5.83) | χ2(1) = 1.49 | .22 | OR = 2.13 | 0.63–7.17 |
| Suicide attempts, past month | 1.10 (1.95) | 0.03 (0.19) | χ2(1) = 11.23 | .001 | OR = 32.0 | 4.22–242.95 |
| NSSI, past year | 159.15 (224.16) | 68.59 (132.71) | χ2(1) = 3.63 | .06 | OR = 2.32 | 0.98–5.52 |
| Suicidal ideation, past year | 148.46 (127.60) | 90.07 (100.34) | χ2(1) = 3.74 | .05 | OR = 1.65 | 0.99–2.74 |
| Suicide plans, past year | 35.64 (62.45) | 19.62 (67.80) | χ2(1) = 0.67 | .41 | OR = 1.82 | 0.44–7.57 |
| Suicide attempts, past year | 4.50 (10.01) | 1.36 (3.85) | χ2(1) = 3.21 | .07 | OR = 3.32 | 0.89–12.31 |
| Suicide attempts, lifetime | 7.93 (15.91) | 1.54 (2.73) | χ2(1) = 10.89 | <.001 | OR = 5.16 | 1.95–13.68 |
BPD = borderline personality disorder; BPD symptoms = Zanarini Rating Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder; Depression symptoms = Beck Depression Inventory-II; Suicidal ideation severity = Scale for Suicidal Ideation; Sexual abuse severity = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) mean sexual abuse score; Sexual abuse frequency = Childhood Trauma Interview (CTI), total frequency of sexual abuse experiences; Physical abuse severity = CTQ mean physical abuse score; Physical abuse frequency = CTI, total frequency of sexual abuse experiences; MDD = major depressive disorder; NOS = not otherwise specified; NSSI = non-suicidal self-injury. Critical alpha for all statistical tests reported was p < .01.