Table 2 Comparisons of ERS, CERQ and BES results between ADHD, BPD and comorbid ADHD+BPD

ERS

Sensitivity

22.31

8.78

29.23

7.77

4.82

< 0.001

31.26

5.95

6.97

< 0.001

2.14

0.14

Arousal/Intensity

15.84

7.06

22.07

5.65

4.32

< 0.001

22.86

4.49

5.22

< 0.001

0.90

0.42

Persistence

9.23

3.78

11.71

3.26

1.62

< 0.001

12.50

2.70

2.46

< 0.001

0.84

0.18

Total

47.38

18.39

63.01

15.61

10.76

< 0.001

66.61

12.10

14.64

< 0.001

3.88

0.19

CERQ

Self-Blame

11.53

3.75

13.82

3.56

1.72

< 0.005

14.06

3.60

1.96

< 0.001

0.24

0.72

Acceptance

12.83

3.38

13.12

3.46

0.71

0.153

13.38

3.44

0.93

0.08

0.22

0.72

Rumination

12.94

3.86

14.36

3.87

0.56

0.301

14.79

3.54

1.03

0.084

0.45

0.50

Positive Refocusing

9.00

3.68

7.71

3.63

−1.29

< 0.05

7.39

3.17

−1.65

< 0.005

−0.36

0.58

Refocusing on Planning

12.94

3.63

10.82

3.93

−2.32

< 0.001

11.65

3.53

−1.47

< 0.05

0.85

0.19

Positive Reapraisial

12.45

3.89

10.07

4.12

−2.21

< 0.001

10.53

3.56

−1.75

< 0.005

0.46

0.67

Putting into perspective

12.27

3.82

10.76

3.83

− 1.44

< 0.05

10.81

3.66

−1.40

< 0.05

0.05

0.95

Catastrophizing

8.66

3.60

10.27

3.86

1.26

< 0.05

10.79

3.93

1.73

< 0.005

0.47

0.47

Blaming others

8.84

3.53

9.49

3.88

0.49

0.358

10.61

3.60

1.58

< 0.005

1.09

0.09

Adaptive Strategies Tot.

59.49

13.29

52.58

14.02

−6.44

< 0.001

53.76

11.86

−5.32

< 0.05

1.12

0.64

Non-adaptive Strategies Tot.

41.97

10.66

47.93

10.80

4.04

< 0.01

50.57

10.32

6.62

< 0.001

2.58

0.17

BES

Cognitive

32.39

3.86

33.15

4.56

−0.04

9.44

31.79

4.60

−1.35

< 0.05

−1.31

0.07

Affective

39.81

7.37

42.93

7.34

0.44

0.658

42.74

6.09

0.41

0.697

−0.03

0.98

Total

72.21

9.82

76.07

10.46

0.40

0.771

74.53

9.11

−0.94

0.517

−1.34

0.42