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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Aug 28;85:80–90. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.08.004

Table 5.

T-test results for child abuse potential subscales by Borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis

BPD Yes, n = 37 BPD no, n = 172
BCAP subscale M, SD M, SD df t p Cohen’s d
distress 4.75, 1.63 3.20, 2.09 61.9 4.91 <.001* 0.77
rigid 2.78, 1.12 2.36, 1.24 203 1.89 .06 0.34
loneliness 3.70, 0.81 2.94, 1.48 95.5 4.39 <.001* 0.55
total 17.26, 3.26 14.67, 4.60 70.9 4.04 <.001* 0.59

Note. BCAP = Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory,

*

indicates statistically significant difference