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Table 2 Trauma diagnoses and sexual abuse in women with BPD with and without BDSM experiences in their lifetime

From: BDSM and masochistic sexual fantasies in women with borderline personality disorder: simply on the spectrum of “normality” or source of suffering?

 

BPD (n = 106)

Difference

Effect size

 

BDSM lifetime

(n = 54)

No BDSM

lifetime

(n = 52)

df

Statistic

p

 

PTSD (n (%))

30 (55.6)

22 (42.3)

1

χ2 = 1.86

0.121

φ = 0.13

cPTSD (n (%)

27 (50.0)

20 (38.5)

1

χ2 = 1.43

0.159

φ = 0.12

CSA (n (%))

33 (63.5)a

31 (60.8)b

1

χ2 = 0.08

0.469

φ = 0.03

CSA score (M (SD))

2.83 (1.18)a

2.73 (1.25)b

-

U = 1,380.00

0.709

η²=0.00

ASA (n (%))

35 (64.8)a

17 (32.7)a

1

χ2 = 10.94

0.001

φ = 0.32

ASA score (M (SD))

2.56 (0.97)c

1.92 (1.05)a

-

U = 1,615.50

0.002

η²=0.10

Revictim (n (%))

27 (51.9)a

15 (29.4)b

1

χ2 = 5.40

0.017

φ = 0.23

  1. Note. BPD = Borderline personality disorder, BDSM = Sexual activities related to Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, Sadism & Masochism (c)PTSD = (complex) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, CSA = Child Sexual Abuse, ASA = Adult Sexual Abuse, Revictim = Revictimization; a: missing patient data n = 2. b: missing patient data n = 1. c: missing patient data n = 6