Table 1.
Frequencies of the characteristics of the case and control groups.
| Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cases n (%) |
Controls n (%) |
||
| Sex | Males | 23 (57.5%) | 16 (40.0%) |
| Females | 17 (42.5%) | 24 (60.0%) | |
| Age | 12–14 years old | 11 (27.5%) | 13 (32.5%) |
| 15–17 years old | 29 (72.5%) | 27 (67.5%) | |
| Personality organization 1 | Neurotic | 11 (27.5%) | 9 (22.5%) |
| Borderline | 22 (55%) | 25 (62.5%) | |
| Psychotic | 7 (17.5%) | 6 (15.0%) | |
| Diagnosis 2 | F30–39, F40–48 | 25 (62.5%) | 28 (70.0%) |
| F90–98, F60–69 | 15 (37.5%) | 12 (30.0%) | |
| Traumas | Yes 3 | 31 (77.5) | 26 (65.0%) |
| No | 9 (22.5%) | 14 (35.0%) | |
| Attendance at the semi-residential service | Continuous | 35 (87.5%) | 31 (77.5%) |
| Discontinuous | 5 (12.5%) | 9 (22.5%) | |
| Hours per week of attendance at the semi-residential service | 1–5 | 3 (7.5%) | 2 (5.0%) |
| 5–10 | 12(30.0%) | 23 (57.5%) | |
| 10–15 | 14 (35.0%) | 10 (25.0%) | |
| >15 | 11 (27.5%) | 5 (12.5%) | |
| Parental couple | Single parent 4 | 14 (35.0%) | 16 (40.0%) |
| Intact | 26 (65.0%) | 24 (60.0%) | |
| Parents’ education level 5 | High | 11 (27.5%) | 6 (15.0%) |
| Average | 20 (50.0%) | 23 (57.5%) | |
| Low | 9 (22.5%) | 9 (22.5%) | |
| Not known | 0 | 2 (5.0%) | |
Notes: 1 Personality organization as established from a structural interview based on Kernberg’s criteria [57]. 2 F30–39, F40–48 = affective–-emotional disorders; F90–98, F60–69 = behavioral and personality disorders. 3 In this category are included the following typologies of trauma, reported in the format used by the semi-residential service: conflict/domestic violence, separation/deaths, psychiatric disorders, changes/relocations. 4 Single parent due to separation or death of the other. 5 Parents’ education level: high = both parents have a university degree, or one has a degree and the other a high school diploma; average = both parents have a high school diploma, or one has a degree and the other completed middle school; low = both parents completed middle school, or one has a high school diploma and the other completed middle school.