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Table 4 Mean score and differences in childhood abuse, invalidating environment, and attachment styles

From: ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder and subclasses of borderline personality disorder in a South Korean adult population with childhood abuse experiences: a latent class analysis

  

Class 1 (Comorbid)

(n = 189)

Class 2 (Externalizing BPD)

(n = 53)

Class 3 (Avoidant BPD)

(n = 137)

Class 4 (Low Symptoms)

(n = 120)

Chi-Square

Post-hoc

Childhood abuse

Physical abuse

8.00

3.32

4.34

2.74

257.17

1 > 3 > 2,4

Emotional abuse

8.66

3.86

5.68

2.98

306.65

1 > 3 > 2,4

Sexual abuse

6.87

1.67

1.60

0.57

331.83

1 > 2,3 > 4

Physical neglect

7.83

4.78

5.19

3.30

244.58

1 > 2,3 > 4

Emotional neglect

7.89

8.09

8.34

7.08

5.18

3 > 4

Invalidating environment

Maternal

26.23

18.31

19.69

15.42

198.61

1 > 2,3 > 4

Paternal

27.36

18.28

19.38

15.37

206.94

1 > 2,3 > 4

Attachment style

Anxious

65.56

50.28

53.63

37.08

249.28

1 > 2,3 > 4

Avoidant

58.62

54.13

61.30

53.03

15.89

1,3 > 4

  1. *All post-hoc tests, except for emotion regulation, had p-values less than 0.001 (df = 3)