Dialectical behavior therapy skills use and emotion dysregulation in personality disorders and psychopathy: a community self-report study

Table 1 Demographics by group

	No PD	BPD	OtherPD
	(n = 77)	(n = 29)	(n = 22)
Mean Age (SD)	31.91 (12.82)	28.07 (11.23)	32.73 (9.73)
Female	74.0 %	79.3 %	72.7 %
Caucasian	77.9 %	69.0 %	68.2 %
African American	2.6 %	3.4 %	4.5 %
Asian/Asian American	6.5 %	20.6 %	22.6 %
Other ethnic background	11.7 %	6.9 %	4.5 %
Hispanic or Latino	5.2 %	3.4 %	0.0 %
High school graduate/GED	2.6 %	13.7 %	9.0 %
Some college	22.1 %	51.7 %	40.9 %
College graduate	71.4 %	31.0 %	40.9 %
Single, separated, or divorced	75.3 %	89.6 %	77.3 %
Earn < $5,000/year	23.4 %	20.7 %	18.2 %
Earn ≥ $30,000/year	46.7 %	10.3 %	18.1 %

Note. No PD = those who did not meet criteria for any cluster B PD; BPD = those who reported high levels of BPD traits, either high levels of BPD traits exclusively or BPD traits comorbid with high levels of any other of the cluster B PD traits; Other PD = those who reported high levels of ASPD, NPD, or HPD traits including comorbidity between these PDs but excluding comorbidity with BPD

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