Digital comparison of healthy young adults and borderline patients engaged in non-suicidal self-injury

Stroehmer, Rachel; Edel, Marc A.; Pott, Steffi; Juckel, Georg; Haussleiter, Ida S.

doi:10.1186/s12991-015-0088-5

Annals of General Psychiatry

Table 2 Brief TEMPS-M and risk behavior

From: Digital comparison of healthy young adults and borderline patients engaged in non-suicidal self-injury

	NSSI + BPD	NSSI − BPD	Chi-square^a /t test^b	df	p value
Temperament (mean ± SD)
Number of traits exceeding cutoff	1.52 ± 1.165	1.02 ± 1.270	−2.052^b	98	0.043*
Total score of traits	75.6 ± 19.01	66 ± 21.17	−2.396^b	98	0.018*
Depressive trait
Existent (n, %)	25 (50 %)	15 (30 %)	4.167^a	1	0.041*
score (mean ± SD)	19.4 ± 6.2	15.9 ± 6.2	−2.772^b	98	0.007**
Cyclothymic trait
Existent (n, %)	21 (42 %)	15 (30 %)	1.563^a	1	0.211
Score (mean ± SD)	17.8 ± 5.26	15.48 ± 7.59	−1.776^b	98	0.079
Hyperthymic trait
Existent (n, %)	3 (6 %)	2 (4 %)	0.211^a	1	1.000
Score (mean ± SD)	9.8 ± 6.55	9.74 ± 4.69	−0.053^b	98	0.958
Irritable trait
Existent (n, %)	12 (24 %)	10 (20 %)	0.233^a	1	0.629
Score (mean ± SD)	13.9 ± 6.33	11.18 ± 7.97	−1.889^b	98	0.062
Anxious trait
Existent (n, %)	15 (30 %)	9 (18 %)	1.974^a	1	0.160
Score (mean ± SD)	14.78 ± 6.58	13.68 ± 6.21	−0.860^b	98	0.392
Risk behavior
Number of risk behaviors (mean ± SD)	2.36 ± 1.59	2.36 ± 1.84	0.000^b	98	1.000
Minimum 3 risk behaviors (n, %)	22 (44 %)	19 (38 %)	0.372^a	1	0.542
Drinking too much alcohol (n, %)	27 (54 %)	24 (48 %)	0.360^a	1	0.548
Severity of alcohol use (mean ± SD)^c	0.98 ± 1.22	0.98 ± 1.29	0.000^b	98	1.000
Taking drugs (n, %)	15 (30 %)	13 (26 %)	0.198^a	1	0.656
Drug use, severity (mean ± SD)^c	0.52 ± 0.93	0.50 ± 0.91	−0.109^b	98	0.914
Driving at high speed (n, %)	22 (44 %)	28 (56 %)	1.440^a	1	0.230
Speed, severity (mean ± SD)^c	0.94 ± 1.25	1.34 ± 1.45	1.476^b	98	0.143
Staying in obviously dangerous places (n, %)	15 (30 %)	22 (44 %)	2.102^a	1	0.147
Places, severity (mean ± SD)^c	0.52 ± 0.95	0.78 ± 1.15	1.232^b	98	0.221
Substances with unknown effects (n, %)	17 (34 %)	20 (40 %)	0.386^a	1	0.534
Substances, severity (mean ± SD)^c	0.66 ± 1.12	1.02 ± 1.42	1.408^b	98	0.162
Changing sexual partners frequently (n, %)	12 (24 %)	7 (14 %)	1.624^a	1	0.202
Having unprotected sex frequently (n, %)	10 (20 %)	4 (8 %)	2.990^a	1	0.148

NSSI + BPD n = 50; NSSI − BPD n = 50; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
^a Chi-square; ^b t test; ^c Severity: 0–4

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