Table 3 Pre, mid-, and post-intervention means and standard deviations for study measures for people with BPD and their partners

BPD severity

0–4

2.90(.72)

2.81(.45)

1.77(.98)

.43

-

-

-

BPD severity (informant-report)

0–4

2.49(1.02)

1.75(.76)

1.71(.57)

.43

-

-

-

Suicidal ideation

0–38

17.60(2.61)

14.00(4.64)

6.25(12.50)

6.74

-

-

-

Suicidal ideation (informant report)

0–38

10.80(7.26)

7.20(6.54)

.00(.00)

6.74

-

-

-

Lifetime suicide attempt frequency

0 and up

Range in sample: 4–175

47.60(71.97)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Highest lethality of lifetime suicidal/self-injurious act

1–6

5.80(.45)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Suicide/self-injury episodes^a

0 and up

2.8(4.66)

3.2(5.02)

1.25(1.5)

-

-

-

-

Conflict

0–90

18.60 (6.73)

18.40(4.56)

19.00(10.89)

2.73

19.20(2.39)

19.40(4.72)

19.50 (4.51)

Emotion Dysregulation

36–180

117.00(26.68)

117.60(25.44)

95.25(29.04)

13.85

93.80(35.12)

93.60(25.31)

96.25(20.92)

Emotion Dysregulation (informant-report)

5–40

26.60(6.80)

27.80(6.14)

25.75(5.44)

5.10

20.20(8.47)

14.00(2.00)

15.50(1.29)

Depression

0–27

20.20(7.79)

19.80(5.81)

14.75(7.72)

7.19

11.80(7.19)

11.80(3.27)

13.75(2.87)

Anxiety

0–21

16.40(5.55)

15.20(3.63)

11.50(4.20)

5.08

7.00(5.15)

8.20(4.97)

7.00(3.83)

Shame

39–195

83.60(15.79)

86.00(15.84)

73.25(6.99)

11.49

57.60(14.99)

56.60(20.37)

63.00(13.19)

Emotional Reactivity

0–84

75.20(5.72)

66.80(11.30)

65.50(7.14)

11.90

28.00(21.46)

25.60(20.86)

26.75(19.09)

Positive Emotion

10–50

19.40 (7.44)

18.40 (7.70)

23.75 (6.90)

7.20

27.80 (5.45)

27.00 (7.04)

26.25 (7.63)

Negative Emotion

10–50

36.60 (7.77)

33.80 (6.34)

29.25 (9.98)

6.20

23.40 (11.59)

22.80 (7.86)

20.50 (5.92)

Anger

6–35

14.40 (5.37)

15.60 (5.68)

13.25 (5.47)

6.10

11.60 (6.19)

12.40 (5.22)

12.50 (3.70)

Relationship Satisfaction

0–160

132.00(16.06)

122.20(24.18)

109.00(53.52)

12.04

126.80(24.01)

120.60(23.50)

112.25(27.10)