Table 3.
Comparisonsa between participants with relatively low vs. high scores on the Borderline Personality Questionnaire (BPQ).
| Female sample (n = 941) | Male sample (n = 222) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low BPQ scores (n = 903) | High BPQ scores (n = 38) | p-value | Cohen's d | Low BPQ scores (n = 213) | High BPQ scores (n = 9) | p-value | Cohen's d | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||
| Burnout symptoms | 0.95 (0.67) | 1.94 (0.72) | <0.001 | 1.42 | 0.78 (0.73) | 1.75 (0.71) | <0.001 | 1.35 |
| Depressive symptoms | 0.85 (0.57) | 1.81 (0.68) | <0.001 | 1.53 | 0.69 (0.59) | 1.81 (0.61) | <0.001 | 1.87 |
| Neuroticism | 1.88 (0.75) | 3.06 (0.63) | <0.001 | 1.70 | 1.55 (0.71) | 3.01 (0.34) | <0.001 | 2.62 |
| Satisfaction with life | 4.79 (1.27) | 3.09 (1.29) | <0.001 | 1.33 | 4.85 (1.29) | 2.53 (0.84) | <0.001 | 2.13 |
| Occupational stress | 1.55 (0.57) | 2.03 (0.57) | <0.001 | 0.84 | 1.44 (0.61) | 2.19 (0.88) | <0.001 | 0.99 |
| History of depressive disorders | 0.31 (0.47) | 0.53 (0.51) | nsb | 0.45 | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.89 (0.33) | <0.001 | 1.62 |
| Age | 42.20 (9.69) | 42.66 (10.68) | nsb | 0.05 | 46.02 (9.06) | 48.56 (10.36) | nsb | 0.26 |
| Conjugal-romantic relationship | 0.83 (0.38) | 0.58 (0.50) | <0.001 | 0.56 | 0.90 (0.30) | 1.00 (0.00) | nsb | 0.47 |
a
Student's t-test with Bonferroni correction was employed for between-group comparisons. Because eight comparisons were carried out, Bonferroni correction resulted in a significance threshold lowered to 0.00625.
b
ns, non-significant.