Validation of the French version of the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB-R) for assessing the psychopathology of borderline personality disorder

Table 4 Differences between the BPD group and NON-BPD group on the French DIB-R (N = 122)

	BPD		Non-BPD
Domain	M	SD	M	SD	df	t	p	Cohen’s d
Total score	8.11	2.31	3.98	2.33	120	-10.59	< 001	2.25
Affect	8.97	2.05	7.40	2.55	120	-3.71	< 001	2.29
Cognition	4.92	1.72	2.67	2.01	120	-6.62	< 001	1.86
Impulse action patterns	5.46	2.44	2.21	1.87	120	-8.32	< 001	2.19
Interpersonal relationships	9.88	3.47	4.65	2.57	120	-9.35	< 001	3.08

M Mean and SD Standard Deviation. For each domain, average scores were computed. The total score of the DIB-R, the affect domain score and the impulse action pattern domain score range from 0 to 10, the cognition domain score ranges from 0 to 6, the interpersonal relationships domain score ranges from 0 to 18. Non-BPD participants are outpatients at a French-speaking university clinic who do not have borderline personality disorder

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