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Table 1 Differences between BPD and HCs groups in self-disgust, disgust-sensitivity, BPD symptoms, emotion dysregulation, alexithymia, state and trait anxiety, and depressive symptoms, based on the results of ANOVA and the Kruskal-Wallis test

From: Self-disgust in patients with borderline personality disorder. The associations with alexithymia, emotion dysregulation, and comorbid psychopathology

 

BPD group

(N = 101)

HCs group

(N = 104)

F or χ²

95% CI

η2 or ε2

M

SD

M

SD

SDS total score

59.71

12.08

27.34

9.69

 F = 447,43***

[29.36; 35.39]

η2  = 0.69

 SDS General Self-Concept

20.84

4.58

9.85

3.85

 F = 345.07***

[9.82; 12.16]

η2  = 0.63

 SDS Appearance

19.88

4.71

9.66

4.08

 F = 274.36***

[9.00; 11.43]

η2  = 0.58

 SDS Behavior

18.99

4.93

7.83

3.66

 F = 338.97***

[9.97; 12.37]

η2  = 0.63

DS-R total score

1.95

0.73

2.17

0.60

 F = 5.50*

[-0.40; -0.03]

η2  = 0.03

 DS-R Core Disgust

2.33

0.74

2.36

0.61

 F = 0.10

[-0.22; 0.16]

η2  = 0.001

 DS-R Animal Reminder Disgust

1.80

1.07

2.27

0.94

 F = 11.19***

[-0.75; -0.19]

η2  = 0.05

 DS-R Contamination-Based Disgust

1.29

0.79

1.56

0.74

 F = 6.29*

[-0.48; -0.06]

η2  = 0.03

BPD Checklist total score

135.16

28.88

66.70

13.50

 F = 476,14***

[62.27; 74.64]

η2  = 0.70

 BPD Abandonment

22.74

6.15

9.77

2.86

 F = 377.98***

[11.66; 14.29]

η2  = 0.65

 BPD Relationships

8.75

3.33

4.25

1.49

 F = 157.47***

[3.79; 5.21]

η2  = 0.44

 BPD Identity/Self-concept

28.34

6.21

12.61

4.10

 F = 459.75***

[14.29; 17.18]

η2  = 0.70

 BPD Impulsivity

15.95

5.14

11.38

2.82

χ² = 58.60***

[3.44; 5.71]

ε2  = 0.29

 BPD Self-mutilation/Parasuicide

6.48

3.16

3.05

0.26

χ² = 122.60***

[2.82; 4.05]

ε2  = 0.60

 BPD Mood

16.08

3.38

7.13

2.39

 F = 478.69***

[8.13; 9.75]

η2  = 0.70

 BPD Emptiness

4.35

0.97

2.03

0.91

χ² = 122.61***

[2.06; 2.58]

ε2  = 0.60

 BPD Anger

10.10

3.83

5.09

1.18

χ² = 102.63***

[4.24; 5.79]

ε2  = 0.51

 BPD Paranoid/Dissociation

22.28

6.45

11.40

2.86

 F = 245.54***

[9.49; 12.27]

η2  = 0.55

EDS

68.30

13.42

35.61

12.94

 F = 313.70***

[29.05; 36.34]

η2  = 0.61

TAS-20

64.29

10.25

43.86

10.47

 F = 198.22***

[17.57; 23.30]

η2  = 0.50

STAI-State

55.07

12.88

34.04

8.23

 F = 197.24***

[18.08; 23.98]

η2  = 0.49

STAI-Trait

61.54

7.89

39.43

8.23

 F = 382.84***

[19.88; 24.34]

η2  = 0.66

CESD-R

49.24

14.19

14.14

8.42

 F = 466.10***

[31.90; 38.31]

η2  = 0.70

  1. Note. 95% CI = 95% confidence interval for the mean difference across the compared groups for ANOVA or 95% confidence interval for the median difference across the compared groups for the Kruskal-Wallis test; SDS – Self-Disgust Scale; DS-R – Disgust Sensitivity Scale; BPD Checklist – Borderline Personality Disorder Checklist; EDS – Emotional Dysregulation Scale; TAS-20 – Toronto Alexithymia Scale; STAI-State – state anxiety measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; STAI-Trait – trait anxiety measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; CESD-R – The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale–Revised.
  2. *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. ***p < 0.001
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