Table 6.

Comparison of the psychometric measures of patients with and without a history of maltreatment (mean ± SD)

DERS	History of maltreatment		Without history of maltreatment
	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Non-acceptance	12.4±6.2	10.0±3.9	10.4±4.6	9.9±3.8
Goals	17.7±4.9	14.8±6.3*	14.9±5.5‡	14.6±5.7
Impulsivity	21.2±5.2	16.8±6.8*	13.8±6.3‡‡‡	12.8±6.1§
Awareness	16.2±6.6	15.2±5.4	15.5±4.4	15.2±5.1
Strategies	23.2±7.6	17.5±7.2*	16.3±7.3‡‡‡	16.5±8.5
Clarity	13.2±4.4	11.8±4.0	11.2±3.2	11.0±3.8
Total	104.2±20.1	86.5±23.5*	82.3±21.7‡‡‡	80.2±23.8

Notes: Significantly different in comparison of initial and final test scores of the same group (^*p<0.05). Significantly different in comparison of initial test scores of patients with or without a history of maltreatment (^‡p<0.05, ^‡‡‡p<0.001). Significantly different in comparison of final test scores of patients with or without a history of maltreatment. (^§p<0.05).

Abbreviation: DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation.