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Table 4 Borderline symptoms and psychopathology: descriptive means ( M d ), standard deviations ( SD ) and multilevel-model implied means ( M m )

From: Effectiveness of dialectic behavioral therapy in routine outpatient care: the Berlin Borderline Study

 

M d and SD

M m

Difference scores

Outcome

t0

t1

t2

t3

t0

t1

t2

t3

t0-t1

t1-t2

t1-t3

BSL

2.10 (0.54)

1.89 (0.73)

1.81 (0.74)

1.68 (0.89)

2.09

1.90

1.87

1.70

-0.19*

-0.03

-0.19

QTF

3.73 (0.55)

3.62 (0.55)

3.42 (0.71)

3.25 (0.82)

3.71

3.62

3.49

3.25

-0.10

-0.13

-0.36***

BDI

31.12 (8.60)

26.78 (12.24)

24.27 (10.22)

21.72 (13.97)

30.77

27.07

24.89

22.21

-3.70*

-2.18

-4.87*

HAMD

11.69 (4.67)

11.09 (6.31)

7.42 (4.60)

8.04 (6.11)

12.13

10.81

8.17

9.09

-1.32

-2.64***

-1.71*

BSI-GSI

1.92 (0.64)

1.95 (0.73)

1.64 (0.80)

1.46 (0.90)

1.92

1.93

1.67

1.49

0.01

-0.26*

-0.44***

DSS

29.70 (16.35)

25.95 (19.08)

22.27 (17.26)

20.03 (16.84)

30.18

26.16

23.90

20.64

-4.02*

-2.26

-5.52**

  1. Note: *** p < .001; ** p < .01; * p < .05.
  2. P-values are based on multilevel model difference scores β10(t0-t1), β20 (t1-t2), β30 (t1-t3) (n = 47).