Child maltreatment-related dissociation and its core mediation schemas in patients with borderline personality disorder

Table 2 Correlations of study variables (N = 152)

Variables	SA	PA	EA	PN	EN	BPS	DES¹	LOD²
Abandonment	−0.12	− 0.18^*	− 0.03	− 0.17^*	0.15	0.26^**	0.19^*	0.12
Social isolation/alienation	−0.02	− 0.03	0.02	− 0.01	0.00	0.12	0.09	0.07
Pessimism	−0.11	−0.13	0.12	−0.06	0.24^**	0.21^**	0.34^**	0.19^*
Emotional inhibition	−0.06	−0.01	− 0.06	−0.19^*	− 0.13	0.03	0.08	0.11
Dependence	−0.09	−0.25^**	− 0.10	−0.16^*	− 0.15	0.14	− 0.00	0.01
Approval/recognition-seeking	−0.20^*	0.17^*	0.14	−0.10	0.24^**	0.14	0.27^**	0.22^**
Emotional deprivation	−0.04	− 0.15	−0.05	− 0.12	0.03	0.22^**	0.08	0.07
Vulnerability to harm	−0.13	0.09	0.19	0.01	0.35^**	0.24^**	0.59^**	0.50^**
Enmeshment	−0.19^*	−0.12	−0.06	− 0.14	0.01	0.14	0.18^*	−0.00
Subjugation	−0.06	−0.16^*	− 0.01	−0.08	0.00	0.15	0.21^**	0.11
Unrelenting standards	−0.19^*	−0.12	− 0.09	−0.24^**	0.04	0.10	0.23^**	0.16^*
Self-punitiveness	−0.25^**	0.01	−0.07	−0.01	0.08	0.10	0.29^**	0.18^*
Defectiveness/shame	−0.11	0.08	0.12	0.01	0.35^**	0.22^**	0.57^**	0.43^**
Mistrust/abuse	−0.08	−0.01	0.05	−0.04	0.10	0.13	0.04	0.00
Failure	−0.07	− 0.21^**	−0.00	− 0.20^*	−0.02	0.09	−0.03	− 0.09
Self-sacrifice	−0.08	0.07	0.13	0.07	0.13	0.03	0.12	0.03
Entitlement	−0.24^**	− 0.04	0.01	− 0.18^*	0.13	0.13	0.26^**	0.20^*
Insufficient self-control	−0.26^**	−0.11	0.12	−0.22^**	0.16^*	0.19^*	0.11	0.04
BPS	0.01	0.08	0.18^*	0.11	0.27^**	1.00	0.37^**	0.30^**
DES¹	0.00	0.21^**	0.31^**	0.24^**	0.52^**	0.37^**	1.00	0.83^**
LOD²	0.02	0.18^*	0.27^**	0.14	0.36^**	0.30^**	0.83^**	1.00

Note. BPS Borderline personality symptomatology; DES Dissociative Experiences Scale; EA Emotional abuse; EN: Emotional neglect; LOD Levels of dissociation; PA Physical abuse; PN Physical neglect; SA Sexual abuse
Note. ¹Total score; ²Mild (DES scores < 10); Moderate (DES scores = 10–29.9); Severe (DES scores ≥30)
Note. ^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01

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