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Table 2 Change of symptoms, maladaptive schemas and coping styles at baseline, mid-treatment (week 10), treatment termination (week 20) and three-month follow-up (week 32)

From: The influence of depressive symptoms on the effectiveness of a short-term group form of Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for personality disorders: a naturalistic study

 

PD-Lo

PD-Hi

 

baseline

week 10

week 20

week 32

baseline

week 10

week 20

week 32

 

(n = 131)

(n = 103)

(n = 89)

(n = 72)

(n = 94)

(n = 75)

(n = 64)

(n = 54)

Outcome measure

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

SCL scales

anxiety

18.95 (5.55)

19.31 (7.63)

17.17 (6.78)

17.90 (6.93)

28.30 (7.86)

24.76 (8.27)

23.42 (8.91)

22.72 (8.16)

phobic anxiety

10.50 (3.56)

10.78 (4.19)

10.03 (4.29)

10.04 (3.94)

15.90 (6.40)

13.90 (6.91)

12.76 (5.66)

13.30 (6.83)

depression

35.17 (7.88)

36.32 (11.09)

31.09 (10.97)

33.94 (10.94)

56.95 (7.12)

47.31 (12.91)

42.61 (14.31)

42.70 (13.02)

somatisation

21.19 (6.94)

21.30 (7.67)

19,53 (6.60)

20.18 (7.29)

30.63 (9.75)

26.19 (8.61)

24.90 (9.72)

25.28 (8.77)

insufficiency

20.47 (5.81)

20.07 (6.59)

18,16 (6.42)

18.88 (7.05)

28.89 (6.55)

23.72 (7.76)

24.29 (7.95)

22.82 (7.76)

interpersonal sensitivity

36.34 (9.31)

37.25 (11.00)

31.55 (10.20)

32.71 (11.20)

52.76 (12.89)

44.35 (13.80)

42.23 (13.05)

41.38 (15.57)

hostility

10.27 (3.70)

9.95 (3.42)

8.81 (3.14)

8.67 (2.71)

13.80 (5.57)

11.72 (5.14)

11.45 (5.12)

10.88 (4.35)

sleep problems

7.16 (3.10)

6.97 (3.25)

6.29 (3.22)

6.99 (3.36)

9.18 (3.49)

8.24 (3.48)

7.49 (3.29)

7.76 (3.77)

other

16.71 (4.58)

16.68 (5.03)

14.61 (4.77)

15.00 (4.78)

22.71 (5.43)

19.82 (5.70)

18.76 (6.22)

17.38 (5.56)

General Symptom Inventory

176.60 (36.56)

178.84 (47.44)

157.11 (43.23)

163.59 (49.50)

258.26 (48.20)

220.15 (57.77)

209.54 (61.70)

204.44 (59.98)

YSQ domains

schema severity

2.64 (0.60)

2.55 (0.64)

2.24 (0.68)

2.27 (0.75)

3.39 (0.60)

3.13 (0.69)

2.84 (0.70)

2.86 (0.87)

disconnection-rejection

2.74 (0.73)

2.66 (0.77)

2.31 (0.76)

2.29 (0.89)

3.60 (0.74)

3.34 (0.82)

3.03 (0.85)

3.07 (1.01)

impaired autonomy

2.34 (0.69)

2.28 (0.69)

1.99 (0.71)

1.99 (0.77)

3.12 (0.73)

2.85 (0.77)

2.53 (0.74)

2.58 (0.92)

impaired limits

2.72 (0.67)

2.57 (0.73)

2.27 (0.71)

2.25 (0.73)

3.22 (0.80)

3.00 (0.83)

2.81 (0.81)

2.74 (0.90)

other directedness

3.01 (0.77)

2.94 (0.78)

2.57 (0.84)

2.60 (0.90)

3.63 (0.76)

3.32 (0.79)

3.07 (0.77)

3.04 (0.95)

overvigilance and inhibition

2.57 (0.64)

2.46 (0.69)

2.19 (0.71)

2.20 (0.72)

3.33 (0.66)

3.04 (0.82)

2.79 (0.80)

2.74 (0.95)

UCL scales

active coping

16.77 (4.16)

17.10 (4.29)

17.36 (3.83)

17.61 (3.75)

15.11 (4.47)

15.66 (4.39)

16.74 (4.33)

17.69 (4.15)

avoidance

17.65 (3.45)

18.03 (4.25)

17.11 (3.30)

17.60 (3.65)

19.46 (4.07)

18.35 (3.59)

18.16 (3.41)

18.65 (3.88)

palliative reaction pattern

18.50 (4.02)

19.04 (4.36)

18.15 (3.40)

17.70 (3.83)

19.04 (4.69)

19.51 (3.59)

18.55 (3.75)

19.20 (4.04)

seeking social support

13.17 (3.88)

14.16 (4.17)

14.17 (3.67)

13.86 (3.88)

12.01 (4.49)

12.87 (3.73)

13.39 (3.61)

13.59 (4.14)

  1. PD-Lo Personality Disorder with low severity of depressive symptoms; PD-Hi Personality Disorder with high severity of depressive symptoms; SCL Symptom Checklist; YSQ Young Schema Questionnaire; UCL Utrecht Coping List; M Mean; SD Standard Deviation