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Table 3 Clinical studies

From: Longitudinal associations between non-suicidal self-injury and borderline personality disorder in adolescents: a literature review

Directionality of associations

Study’s author(s), year

Country

N at follow-up (retention rate), % females and mean (M) age at baseline

Follow-up period

Measure (s)

BPD measured at baseline; age of BPD assessment

Findings

BPD predicting NSSI

Yen et. al, 2016

USA

(inpatient- recruited for suicide risk)

N = 78 (77%); 68% females; Mage = 15.1

6-months

CI-BPD

FASM

Yes;

Mage = 15.1 years

BPD diagnosis (with NSSI/suicide criterion removed) did not predict NSSI at 6-month follow-up (χ2 = .19, p < .05). These results remained with all 9 BPD criteria included.

  1. Note. BPD borderline personality disorder, NSSI non-suicidal self-injury, CI-BPD Childhood Interview for DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder, FASM The Functional Assessment of Self-Mutilation