Table 1 Demographic characteristics, intelligence, and affectivity of study groups, borderline symptomatology and comorbid diagnoses of patients
Variable | BPD patients (n = 29) | Healthy subjects (n = 38) |
|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Age (years) | 27.7 (5.9) | 24.3 (4.0) |
Education (years) | 11.2 (1.5) | 12.4 (0.6) |
% Married/partnership | 24 (7) | 58 (22) |
Intelligence (IQ, MWT-B) | 106.1 (11.2) | 115.0 (12.4) |
Depression (BDI-II) | 21.3 (10.8) | 5.9 (3.0) |
Trait anxiety (STAI) | 63.1 (9.0) | 36.0 (6.0) |
BST | ||
 Self-perception | 0.98 (0.83) |  |
 Affect regulation | 1.71 (0.82) |  |
 Self-destruction | 1.19 (1.08) |  |
 Dysphoria | 2.59 (0.67) |  |
 Loneliness | 1.30 (0.81) |  |
 Hostility | 1.34 (0.64) |  |
 Intrusions | 0.65 (0.60) |  |
 Total | 1.41 (0.69) |  |
Axis I disorders | ||
 % Affective | 24 (7)a |  |
 % Anxiety | 38 (11) |  |
 % Somatoform | 31 (9) |  |
 % Eating | 28 (8) |  |
Personality disorders | ||
 % Paranoid | 34 (10) |  |
 % Schizotypal | 7 (2) |  |
 % Avoidant | 65 (19) |  |
 % Dependent | 17 (5) |  |
 % Obsessive–compulsive | 38 (11) |  |