Table 2.

Emotion dysregulation scores in BPD and control groups

Emotion dysregulation	BPD (n=34)		Control group (n=34)		Mann-Whitney U test Sig. level (2-tailed)
	Mdn	IQR	Mdn	IQR
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)	128.50	30.00	73	24	U=28.00, P=0.001*
Subscales of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ)
Rumination	7.00	4.00	5.00	2.00	U=318.00, P=0.001*
Self-Blame	5.00	5.00	4.00	2.00	U=521.50, P=0.487†
Catastrophization	8.00	4.00	4.00	2.00	U=150.00, P=0.001*
Other-Blame	6.00	5.00	4.00	2.00	U=339.00, P=0.002*
Maladaptive Strategies Total	26.50	10.00	16.50	7.00	U=174.50, P<0.001*
Adaptive Strategies Total	27.00	10.00	30.00	13.00	U=402.50, P=0.031**
m-PANAS-positive affect scale	24.00	14.00	39.00	8.00	U=155.00, P<0.001*
m-PANAS- negative affect scale	34.00	15.00	16.00	10.00	U=142.50, P<0.001*

*Significant at 0.01 level, **significant at 0.05 level, ^†not significant, BPD – Borderline personality disorder (study group), Mdn – Median, IQR – Interquartile range, m-PANAS – Modified positive and negative affect schedule