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Table 3 Results of mediation models reported in terms of the association among the personality traits, clinical scales and the student group variable (NSSI-BE vs NO-NSSI-BE)

From: Maladaptive behaviours in adolescence and their associations with personality traits, emotion dysregulation and other clinical features in a sample of Italian students: a cross-sectional study

 

Unadjusted results

Adjusted (for clinical scale) results

BPD traits

Unadjusted# OR (p-value)

Spearman ρ (p-value)

Adjusted# OR (p-value)

Clinical scale p-value

AIC

Separation Anxiety

1.91 (<.001)

   

235.50

DERS

 

0.40 (<.001)

1.51 (.022)

<.001

219.45

CTQ

 

0.08 (.289)

1.90 (<.001)

.028

231.68

BIS-11

 

0.23 (.002)

1.75 (.001)

.041

231.69

SCARE

 

0.33 (<.001)

1.56 (.014)

.002

211.36

PHQ-9

 

0.32 (<.001)

1.52 (.021)

<.001

206.14

Anxiousness

1.97 (<.001)

   

234.08

DERS*

 

0.67 (<.001)

1.23 (.329)

.001

223.96

CTQ

 

0.38 (<.001)

1.84 (.001)

.273

234.77

BIS-11

 

0.24 (.001)

1.82 (.001)

.026

229.62

SCARE*

 

0.73 (<.001)

1.38 (.181)

.054

215.85

PHQ-9*

 

0.68 (<.001)

1.13 (.560)

<.001

211.30

Depressivity

1.98 (<.001)

   

234.48

DERS*

 

0.58 (<.001)

1.30 (.219)

.001

223.39

CTQ

 

0.44 (<.001)

1.85 (.001)

.237

234.92

BIS-11

 

0.23 (.002)

1.81 (.001)

.030

230.40

SCARE*

 

0.46 (<.001)

1.45 (.058)

.004

213.92

PHQ-9*

 

0.62 (<.001)

1.05 (.833)

<.001

211.59

Impulsivity

1.45 (.018)

   

246.23

DERS*

 

0.32 (<.001)

1.17 (.368)

<.001

224.10

CTQ

 

0.31 (<.001)

1.34 (.068)

.063

244.24

BIS-11

 

0.52 (<.001)

1.23 (.259)

.067

241.48

SCARE*

 

0.15 (.051)

1.30 (.123)

<.001

215.24

PHQ-9*

 

0.25 (<.001)

1.23 (.244)

<.001

210.26

Emotional lability

2.13 (<.001)

   

229.88

DERS*

 

0.67 (<.001)

1.43 (.092)

.003

222.03

CTQ

 

0.28 (<.001)

2.03 (<.001)

.148

229.61

BIS-11

 

0.41 (<.001)

1.95 (<.001)

.194

227.95

SCARE

 

0.61 (<.001)

1.58 (.028)

.036

212.64

PHQ-9*

 

0.60 (<.001)

1.43 (.075)

<.001

208.43

Hostility

1.66 (.002)

   

241.50

DERS*

 

0.42 (<.001)

1.27 (.181)

<.001

223.11

CTQ

 

0.35 (<.001)

1.54 (.011)

.129

240.80

BIS-11

 

0.31 (<.001)

1.51 (.014)

.043

236.47

SCARE

 

0.30 (<.001)

1.47 (.038)

.001

213.21

PHQ-9*

 

0.38 (<.001)

1.23 (.239)

<.001

210.24

Perceptual dysregulation

1.89 (.004)

   

241.57

DERS*

 

0.58 (<.001)

1.21 (.280)

<.001

223.72

CTQ

 

0.40 (<.001)

1.65 (.035)

.226

241.98

BIS-11

 

0.44 (<.001)

1.58 (.042)

.056

237.25

SCARE*

 

0.45 (<.001)

1.25 (.258)

.001

216.16

PHQ-9*

 

0.60 (<.001)

1.08 (.688)

<.001

211.47

Distractibility

2.29 (<.001)

   

226.85

DERS

 

0.54 (<.001)

1.68 (.012)

.002

218.29

CTQ

 

0.39 (<.001)

2.18 (<.001)

.370

228.01

BIS-11

 

0–58 (<.001)

2.28 (<.001)

.979

226.94

SCARE

 

0.30 (<.001)

1.85 (.002)

.002

207.02

PHQ-9

 

0.53 (<.001)

1.57 (.032)

<.001

206.85

  1. DERS Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, BIS Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, SCARE Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire
  2. #OR evaluated on the standardized variables. The reference group is NO-NSSI-BE
  3. Unadjusted ORs refer to univariate logistic models results (first step of Baron and Kenny); adjusted ORs were carried out by multiple logistic models and refer to ORs of the personality traits adjusted for the clinical scale. The column of Spearman ρ coefficients represents the association between the traits and clinical scales (second step of Baron and Kenny); the column of adjusted ORs represents the association between personality traits and the group variable adjusted for the corresponding clinical scale (last step of Baron and Kenny)
  4. * Highlights a mediation effect of clinical scale on the relation trait-group: i.e. when the clinical scale is introduced in the multiple logistic model, the ORs associated to traits (column Adjusted# OR) become non-significant and the relative AIC decreases markedly
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