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Table 2 Mean (Standard Deviation) and Independent Sample t-test Results for Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Emotion Regulation, and Sleep Measures Across BPD and Healthy Compasison Groups

From: Potential mechanisms underlying sleep disturbance in young people with borderline personality disorder features: an exploratory study

Measure

BPD

HC

Sig.

Depression Anxiety Stress Scale

 Depression

27.41 (11.18)

2.43 (3.47)

**

 Anxiety

16.99 (7.98)

1.59 (2.22)

**

 Stress

22.26 (9.73)

3.86 (3.45)

**

Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale

 Global score

127.73 (21.41)

63.79 (12.96)

**

 Nonacceptance

18.97 (6.95)

9.74 (3.69)

**

 Goals

20.18 (3.83)

12.57 (4.73)

**

 Impulse

22.24 (5.76)

7.84 (1.59)

**

 Aware

18.83 (6.07)

12.90 (3.46)

**

 Strategies

30.49 (6.6)

12.10 (3.36)

**

 Clarity

16.26 (4.52)

8.40 (2.04)

**

Subjective Sleep

 Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

10.41 (4.03)

5.27 (2.36)

**

 Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)

14.76 (6.64)

4.04 (3.01)

**

 Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)

7.44 (4.46)

6.95 (4.31)

n.s.

Objective Sleep

 Bedtime (mins)

12:11 AM (89.91)

12:22 AM (58.92)

n.s.

 Rise Time (mins)

9:20 AM (89.19)

8:18 AM (65.43)

*

 Time in Bed (mins)

548.82 (79.95)

476.25 (43.17)

**

 Total Sleep Time (mins)

492.50 (92.20)

431.05 (66.59)

*

 Sleep Onset Latency (mins)

7.68 (7.26)

6.04 (8.19)

n.s.

 Sleep Efficiency (%)

89.84% (9.98%)

90.24% (10.82%)

n.s.

 Wake After Sleep Onset (mins)

45.14 (46.75)

36.16 (39.92)

n.s.

Objective Sleep Variability

 Bedtime (SD-mins)

99.68 (55.28)

64.77 (39.84)

*

 Rise Time (SD-mins)

98.68 (43.65)

67.89 (27.36)

**

 Time in Bed (CV)

0.20 (0.11)

0.18 (0.09)

n.s.

 Total Sleep Time (CV)

0.21 (0.10)

0.20 (0.10)

n.s.

  1. Note. BPD Borderline personality disorder. HC Healthy comparison. SD Standard deviation. CV Coefficient of variation. ** = p < .001, * = p < .05, n.s. = non-significant (p > .05). p values represent results of independent samples t-tests between BPD and HC groups