The relationship between childhood emotional abuse and borderline personality disorder: the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation among Lebanese adults

Table 4 Multivariable analysis: Linear regression (ENTER method) taking the Borderline Personality Questionnaire score as the dependent variable

Variable	Unstandardized Beta	Standardized Beta	p	95% CI
DERS-16	0.58	0.53	< 0.001	0.49; 0.67
CTQ-SF emotional abuse	0.41	0.12	0.026	0.05; 0.77
CTQ-SF physical abuse	− 0.17	− 0.04	0.522	− 0.69; 0.35
CTQ-SF sexual abuse	0.07	0.01	0.828	− 0.57; 0.71
CTQ-SF emotional neglect	0.41	0.11	0.032	0.04; 0.79
CTQ-SF physical neglect	0.51	0.10	0.034	0.04; 0.97
CTQ-SF minimization/denial	− 0.18	− 0.04	0.423	− 0.64; 0.27
Age	0.02	0.02	0.716	− 0.09; 0.14
Marital status (married vs. single*)	-2.09	− 0.07	0.129	-4.80; 0.61

Numbers in bold indicate significant p-values; Nagelkerke R² = 0.45; CTQ-SF = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire—Short Form; DERS-16 = Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale—Brief Version

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