Table 2 Psychometric properties of participants. Means, standard deviations (SD), medians and Mann-Whitney-U-Test statistics (U, Z, p) are reported. Significant differences between the groups are marked with*
Questionnaires & subscales | BPD | HC | Mann-Whitney U-test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | U | Z | p | |
CTQ | 66.7 | 23.3 | 66.0 | 31.3 | 4.9 | 30.0 | 39.0 | −4.02 | < 0.001* |
 Emotional abuse | 17.9 | 6.6 | 19.0 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 22.0 | −4.61 | < 0.001* |
 Physical abuse | 10.7 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 73.5 | −3.40 | 0.002* |
 Sexual abuse | 8.0 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 109.5 | −2.48 | 0.061 |
 Emotional neglect | 18.9 | 6.3 | 21.0 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 30.0 | −4.33 | < 0.001* |
 Physical neglect | 11.2 | 4.5 | 10.0 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 43.0 | −4.01 | < 0.001* |
TAS-20 | 64.2 | 7.6 | 64.0 | 36.2 | 7.5 | 36.0 | 0.0 | −5.20 | < 0.001* |
 Difficulty Identifying feelings | 25.2 | 3.6 | 25.0 | 11.3 | 4.6 | 11.0 | 0.0 | −5.21 | < 0.001* |
 Difficulty describing feelings | 18.3 | 3.4 | 19.0 | 9.7 | 3.4 | 11.0 | 13.5 | −4.80 | < 0.001* |
 Externally-oriented thinking | 20.7 | 3.5 | 20.0 | 15.2 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 45.5 | −3.83 | < 0.001* |
Dissociative experiences scale | 29.9 | 15.5 | 28.9 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 34.0 | −4.16 | < 0.001* |
 Amnesia | 12.4 | 13.9 | 8.8 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 79.5 | −2.80 | 0.004* |
 Depersonalization/derealization | 31.8 | 20.9 | 35.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 39.0 | −4.06 | < 0.001* |
 Absorption | 38.5 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 14.9 | 9.6 | 12.8 | 50.5 | −3.66 | < 0.001* |
BDI-II | 38.2 | 11.0 | 40.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 1.0 | −5.17 | < 0.001* |
BSL-23 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 | −5.41 | < 0.001* |