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Table 2 Descriptive statistics and non-parametric comparisons related to questionnaires data

From: A comprehensive evaluation of emotional responsiveness in borderline personality disorder: a support for hypersensitivity hypothesis

 

BPD (N = 14)

HCs (N = 14)

U

Z

r

M (SD)

Median

M (SD)

Median

DERS

DERS TOT

3.01 (.69)

3.19

2.05 (.60)

1.91

26.00

3.155^

.60

Clarity

13.53 (5.07)

16.00

9.57 (3.52)

9.50

46.55

2.17*

.41

Non Acceptance

18.53 (6.66)

20.00

11.71 (4.87)

11.00

34.50

2.75**

.51

Goals

17.38 (5.11)

19.00

12.21 (3.91)

11.00

32.50

2.85^

.54

Impulse

17.76 (5.39)

17.00

11.35 (5.18)

10.00

34.00

2.77**

.52

Awareness

15.07 (4.79)

16.00

13.71 (4.44)

14.50

76.00

.731

.14

Strategies

26.00 (8.15)

28.00

15.28 (6.01)

12

27.00

3.11^

.59

PID-5 BPD facets

Anxiousness

2.33 (.48)

2.33

.84 (.55)

.89

4.50

4.21^^

.79

Emotional Lability

2.52 (.44)

2.72

1.00 (.61)

.93

5.50

4.16^^

.79

Hostility

1.70 (.72)

1.80

.66 (.47)

.70

23.50

3.28**

.62

Separation Insecurity

1.67 (.59)

1.57

.49 (.31)

.57

9.50

3.97^^

.75

Depressivity

1.96 (.70)

2.07

.24 (.25)

.14

2.50

4.30^^

.81

Risk Taking

1.61 (.67)

1.86

1.21 (.59)

1.03

58.00

1.60

.30

Impulsivity

1.70 (.81)

1.67

.81 (.57)

.75

34.00

2.78^^

.52

PID-5 domains

Negative Affectivity

1.97 (.30)

1.98

.96 (.24)

.93

1.00

4.28^^

.19

Detachment

1.48 (.54)

1.49

.43 (.24)

.38

10.00

3.82^^

.72

Antagonism

.91 (.44)

.90

.55 (.50)

.49

38.00

2.38

.45

Disinhibition

1.46 (.42)

1.37

.99 (.34)

.97

32.00

2.69*

.51

Psychoticism

1.35 (.47)

1.31

.41 (.43)

.10

12.00

3.72^^

.70

PANAS pre-task

PA

28.64 (6.44)

27.50

26.00 (4.24)

25.00

75.50

1.00

.19

NA

29.00 (6.52)

27.00

25.9 3 (3.20)

25.50

74.50

1.10

.21

PANAS post-task

PA

25.71 (7.30)

26.00

24.07 (5.59)

22.50

86.50

.529

.10

NA

26.36 (6.36)

24.50

24.78 (4.11)

24.50

89.50

.392

.07

  1. DERS Difficulties in emotion regulation scale, PID-5 Personality inventory for DSM-5, PANAS Positive and negative affect schedule, PA Positive affectivity, NA Negative affectivity
  2. *p < .05; ** p < .01; ^ p < .005; ^^ p < .001