Table 2.
Participant Demographic Information, Untreated vs. DTC-Treated BPD
| Untreated BPD (n = 20) |
DTC-Treated (n = 23) |
z Statistic | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | |||
| Age on Date of Participation, Years | 39.500 | 2.561 | 41.609 | 2.205 | −0.573 | .567 |
| Highest Level of Education | 2.412 | 0.195 | 2.632 | 0.211 | −0.748 | .455 |
| Psychopathy | 42.053 | 2.024 | 40.217 | 2.628 | 0.999 | .318 |
| Personality Inventory for DSM-V | 39.950 | 3.042 | 33.478 | 3.029 | 1.572 | .116 |
| Borderline Evaluation of Severity Over Time | 41.444 | 1.975 | 26.867 | 1.956 | 3.690 | <.001 |
BPD, borderline personality disorder; DTC, democratic therapeutic community.