Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

	BPD (n =185, 26.5%)		Non-BPD psychiatric (n = 367, 52.6%)		Healthy (n = 146, 20.9%)
	n or M	% or (SD)	n or M	% or (SD)	n or M	% or (SD)
Age	15.23	(1.52)	15.37	(1.40)	15.23	(1.22)
Female	149	80.50%	200	54.50%	105	71.90%
Hispanic	17	10.30%	16	4.90%	41	28.10%
Race
Caucasian	138	84.70%	290	89.50%	15	10.90%
African American	3	1.80%	6	1.90%	33	24.10%
Asian	5	3.10%	13	4%	53	38.70%
American Indian/Alaskan Native	1	0.60%	0	0.00%	6	4.4%
Multiracial or other	16	9.80%	15	4.60%	30	21.9%
Disorder
Depressive	120	72.70%	160	47.60%	-	-
Bipolar	22	13.30%	13	3.90%	-	-
Eating	23	13.90%	18	5.30%	-	-
Externalizing	97	58.40%	117	34.70%	-	-
Anxiety	122	73.10%	171	50.40%	-	-

Note. BPD Diagnoses were based on the Childhood Interview for Borderline Personality Disorder (CI-BPD, [44]). Other psychiatric disorders diagnoses were based on the Computerized Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children [73]. Prevalence rates are exclusively with regard to positive diagnoses in which the adolescent endorsed all necessary diagnostic criteria. Depressive Disorder includes Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymia; Bipolar Disorder includes mania and hypomania; Eating Disorder includes Bulimia Nervosa and Anorexia Nervosa; Anxiety Disorder includes Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia, Specific Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Externalizing Disorder includes Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder