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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Ther. 2018 Jul 29;109:10–17. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2018.07.006

Table 4.

Standardized regression weights (standard errors) of the mechanism (dysfunctional coping, functional coping, therapeutic alliance) predicting the outcome variables (posttreatment borderline personality disorder and depression symptoms) analyzed separately by group for analyses with a significant interaction.

Posttreatment Week 6 Week 9
DBT PPT DBT PPT DBT PPT
Dysfunctional Coping
SCID-II-BPD .44 (.16)** .19 (.20)
LPI .60 (.10)*** −.06 (.20)
SCL-Depression .46 (.15)** −.11 (.21) .58 (.10)*** .64 (.22)**
Functional Coping
LPI .16 (.16) −.29 (.22) .15 (.13) .75 (.18)***
Therapeutic Alliance
LPI −.30 (.20) −.42 (.21)* −.07 (.16) −.59 (.24)*
SCL-Depression −.20 (.20) −.84 (.09)*** .09 (.19) −.45 (.21)* −.05 (.19) −.83 (.12)***

Note.

* =

p < .05;

** =

p < .01;

*** =

p < .001;

DBT = dialectical behavior therapy group; PPT = positive psychotherapy group; SCID-II-BPD = Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II borderline personality disorder symptom count; LPI = Life Problems Inventory; SCL-Depression = Symptom Checklist 90 Revised Depression subscale.