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Table 1 Endorsement of MSI-BPD items and factor score as a function of NSSI group

From: The relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and borderline personality disorder symptoms in a college sample

MSI-BPD

Overall sample (N = 724)

NSSI + group (N = 136)

NSSI – group (N = 588)

Factor score M (SD)

   

Emotion Dys**

0.85 (1.02)

1.58 (1.03)

0.69 (0.94)

Disturbed relatedness**

1.49 (1.53)

2.57 (1.66)

1.24 (1.38)

Behavioral Dys**

0.57 (0.83)

1.91 (0.70)

0.26 (0.47)

Items endorsed% (N)

   

Relationship instability*

38.4% (N = 278)

46.3% (N = 63)

36.6% (N = 215)

Impulsivity**

30.0% (N = 217)

59.6% (N = 81)

23.1% (N = 136)

Unstable affect**

38.4% (N = 278)

67.6% (N = 92)

31.6% (N = 186)

Angry**

26.7% (N = 193)

47.1% (N = 64)

21.9% (N = 129)

Distrustful of others**

40.7% (N = 295)

64.7% (N = 88)

35.2% (N = 207)

Felt unreal**

23.1% (N = 167)

39.7% (N = 54)

19.2% (N = 113)

Chronic emptiness**

25.4% (N = 184)

58.1% (N = 79)

17.9% (N = 105)

Identity**

21.8% (N = 158)

48.5% (N = 66)

15.6% (N = 92)

Avoid abandonment**

20.9% (N = 151)

44.1% (N = 60)

15.5% (N = 91)

Suicidality**

21.1% (N = 153)

100% (N = 136)

2.9% (N = 17)

  1. Note: *p < .05, **p < .001; MSI-BPD, McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder, NSSI = Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, Dys = Dysregulation.