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Table 1 Clinical and self-reported data of patients and HC

From: Body connection mediates the relationship between traumatic childhood experiences and impaired emotion regulation in borderline personality disorder

Construct

Mean ± SD (Mdn; IQR)

U

P valuea

Cohen’s d

Patient group (n = 112)

HC (n = 96)

BPD dimensional Score (IPDE)

12.65 ± 4.22 (14.00; 3.00)

0.09 ± 0.46 (0.00; 0.00)

112.00

<.001

4.034

Borderline symptoms (BSL-23 Score)

1.33 ± 0.80 (1.22; 1.33)

0.12 ± 0.19 (0.04; 0.17)

384.00

<.001

2.012

Depressiveness (BDI)

18.90 ± 10.25 (18.00; 15.00)

2.10 ± 2.93 (1.00; 3.00)

474.00

<.001

2.159

Trait-Anxiety (STAI)

59.18 ± 10.86 (61.00; 13.00)

31.85 ± 7.21 (32.00; 9.00)

358.50

<.001

2.921

Dissociation (FDS)

17.89 ± 11.82 (16.59; 14.94)

3.42 ± 3.65 (2.27; 3.64)

978.50

<.001

1.604

Traumatic childhood experiences (CTQ)

61.16 ± 18.40 (60.00; 25.25)

30.98 ± 7.65 (28.00; 7.50)

557.00

<.001

2.086

 Emotional Abuse

16.96 ± 5.35 (17.00; 8.00)

6.89 ± 2.81 (6.00; 2.75)

527.00

<.001

2.306

 Physical Abuse

8.60 ± 4.62 (7.00; 5.75)

5.48 ± 1.89 (5.00; 0.00)

2322.50

<.001

0.860

 Sexual Abuse

8.36 ± 5.22 (6.00; 5.00)

5.09 ± 0.54 (5.00; 0.00)

2779.00

<.001

0.852

 Emotional Neglect

17.28 ± 5.80 (18.00; 9.00)

7.47 ± 3.16 (7.00; 4.00)

870.50

<.001

2.058

 Physical Neglect

9.97 ± 3.80 (9.00; 5.00)

6.05 ± 1.87 (5.00; 1.00)

1751.50

<.001

1.279

Emotional Dysregulation (DERS Score)

122.52 ± 25.61 (127.50; 33.50)

65.73 ± 14.80 (63.50; 17.00)

428.00

<.001

2.664

  1. Abbreviations: BDI Beck Depression Inventory, BPD Borderline personality disorder, BSL-23 Short version of the Borderline Symptom List, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, DERS Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, FDS German adaptation of the Dissociative Experience Scale (DES), HC Healthy controls, IPDE International Personality Disorder Examination, IQR Interquartile range, M Mean, Mdn Median, P Value Probability value, SD Standard deviation, STAI State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory, U Test statistic of the Mann-Whitney U test
  2. aUncorrected for multiple testing
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation

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