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Table 4 Regressions of diagnosis, BPD severity, depression severity, sex, and age on reduced and no ToM errors

From: Psychopathology and Theory of Mind in patients with personality disorders

Predictors

Reduced ToM

No ToM

β

B

CI 95%

β

B

CI 95%

Regression 1 (enter)

 Sex (0 = female, 1 = male)

-0.06

-0.38

-1.42, 0.67

-0.10

-0.52

-1.30, 0.26

 Age in years

0.23

0.07

0.02, 0.11

0.18

0.04

0.01, 0.07

 BPD severity

-0.01

-0.01

-0.17, 0.16

0.01

0.01

-0.11, 0.14

 BPD vs. MOPD diagnosis

-0.10

-0.62

[-1.57, 0.33]

-0.08

-0.37

-1.08, 0.34

Regression 2 (enter)

 Sex (0 = female, 1 = male)

-0.07

-0.46

[-1.50, 0.58]

-0.11

-0.61

[-1.44, 0.22]

 Age in years

0.22

0.06

[0.02, 0.10]

0.16

0.04

[0.00, 0.07]

 Depression severity

0.03

0.02

[-0.05, 0.09]

0.03

0.01

[-0.04, 0.07]

 

 BPD vs. MOPD diagnosis

-0.11

-0.64

[-1.57, 0.30]

-0.06

-0.29

[-1.04, 0.45]

Regression 3 (enter)

 Sex (0 = female, 1 = male)

-0.06

-0.38

[-1.43, 0.66]

-0.10

-0.52

[-1.31, 0.26]

 Age in years

0.22

0.06

[0.02, 0.11]

0.18

0.04

[0.005, 0.07]

 BPD severity

-0.03

-0.04

[-0.22, 0.15]

-0.01

-0.01

[-0.15, 0.13]

 Depression severity

0.06

0.03

[-0.05, 0.11]

0.06

0.02

[-0.04, 0.08]

 BPD vs. MOPD diagnosis

-0.11

-0.64

[-1.59, 0.31]

-0.09

-0.38

[-1.09, 0.33]

Regression 4 (stepwise)

 Age in years

0.25

0.07

[0.03, 0.11]

0.18

0.04

[0.01, 0.06]

  1. Bold numbers are significant on a p = .05 level
  2. BPD Borderline personality disorder, MOPD Mixed and other personality disorders, ToM Theory of Mind, CI 95% 95% confidence interval