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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Disord. 2017 Mar 6;31(6):774–789. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2017_31_280

TABLE 3.

POOR VS. GOOD PSYCHOSOCIAL OUTCOMES AT 8 YR. FOLLOW-UP

1. Demographic Variables Good Psychosocial Outcome
(n=64)
Poor Psychosocial Outcome
(n=57)
Statistic,df, p
Age (@ long term FU) 35.9 ± 8.1 40.2 ± 8.2 t=2.88, df 119, 0.005
Education (@ baseline, # years FT) 14.1±2.4 14.2±2.0 t=0.02, df 118, 0.99
Sex (% female) 71.2 82.3 X2=2.08, df 1, 0.15
Source of Recruitment
 Inpatient
 Outpatient
 Non-patient

40.7
30.5
28.8

29.0
32.3
38.7

X2=2.08, df 2, 0.35
Race (% Caucasian) 83.1 82.3 X2=0.013, df 1, 0.91
Religion (% none) 25.4 29.5 X2=0.25,df 1, 0.62
Married (% no) 76.3 69.4
X2=0.73, df 1, 0.39
Children (% none) 29.3 33.9 X2=0.29, df 1, 0.71
Family History of Suicide (% yes) 0.0 4.3 FET, 0.50
Family hx. of Substance abuse (%yes) 24.3 47.7 X2=4.72,df 1, 0.03
2. Socio-economic Variables
SES (% low) 50.0 65.6 X2= 2.81, 0.09
Lives Alone (% yes) 28.8 41.9 X2=2.27, df 1, 0.13
Source of Income (% on gov’t. support) 14.1 35.1 X2=7.31, df 1, 0.007
Household Income (% <20K) 66.1 80.6 X2=3.29, df 1, 0.07
Patient Personal Income (%- <10K) 49.2 51.6 X2=0.07, df 1, 0.79
Change in Employment (%yes) 39.0 40.3 X2=0.23, df 1, 0.88
3. Clinical Variables
Hospitalization (%yes before any attempt) 3.4 14.5 X2=4.53, df 1, 0.03
Outpatient Tx (% yes before any attempt) 59.3 75.8 X2=3.76, df 1, 0.05
Suicide attempt(%yes in interval) 13.6 27.4 X2=3.54, df 1, 0.06
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) 23.7 69.4 X2=25.26, df 1, <0.001*
Substance use Disorder (SUD) 1.7 6.5 FET, 0.37
Alcohol abuse/dependence (ALC) 8.5 4.8 FET, 0.48
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 3.4 3.2 FET, 1.00
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) 10.7±9.0 25.5±14.5 t=5.49, df 63.3, <0.001*
Aggression, Adult (Brown-Goodwin LHA) 14.9±4.1 16.7±5.3 t=1.74, df 75, 0.09
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) 73.1±8.2 75.7±5.0 t=2.59, df 100, 0.05
Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI) 33.1±22.1 44.1±17.1 t=2.16, df 58, 0.04
Hamilton Depression (HamD) 8.9±8,5 17.8±10.0 t= 4.76, df=99,<0.001*
Beck Hopelessness Scale 6.3±6.3 10.8±6.7 t=2.59, df 56, 0.01
Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-SR) 2.0±0.52 2.5±0.6 t=4.72, df 108, <0.001*

FET = Fisher’s Exact Test,

*

Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons, p.<.002