Adult attachment and emotion dysregulation in borderline personality and somatoform disorders

Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of BPD, SoD, BPD + SoD, PC Sub-groups and the Total Sample

	BPD	SoD	BPD + SoD	PC	Total Sample
N =	120	159	129	64	472
Male	40	47	30	28	145
Female	80	112	99	36	327
Age M (SD)	29.9 (8.8)	38.3 (10.5)	33.6 (9.1)	36.8 (9.9)	34.7 (10.1)
Social N	30.8%	45.3%	40.3%	28.1%	37.9%
T	60.8%	41.5%	47.3%	56.3%	50.0%
S	8.3%	13.2%	12.4%	15.6%	12.1%
Education L	24.2%	22.6%	27.1%	23.4%	24.4%
M	35.8%	45.9%	37.2%	46.9%	41.1%
H	40%	31.4%	35.7%	29.7%	34.5%

Note: BPD, borderline personality disorder; SoD, somatoform disorder; BPD + SoD borderline personality disorder and somatoform disorder; PC, psychiatric comparison group; N, no primary partner; T, living together; S, separated by death or divorce; Education, highest level of education attained; L, primary or some secondary education; M, completed secondary education; H, college-level education.

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