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Table 4 Clinical characteristics in women with BPD with and without distress from masochistic fantasies

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

 

BPD with

masochistic fantasies

(n = 89)

Difference

Effect size

 

Distress

(n = 47)

No distress

(n = 42)

df

Statistic

p

 

PTSD (n (%))

29 (61.7)

16 (38.1)

1

χ2 = 4.95

0.022

φ = 0.24

cPTSD (%)

28 (59.6)

15 (35.7)

1

χ2 = 5.06

0.021

φ = 0.24

CSA (n (%))

33 (73.3)a

17 (41.5)b

1

χ2 = 8.95

0.003

φ = 0.32

CSA score (M (SD))

3.13 (1.06)a

2.24 (1.24)b

-

U = 1,289.00

0.001

η²=0.13

ASA (n (%))

25 (55.6)a

16 (42.1)c

1

χ2 = 1.49

0.158

φ = 0.13

ASA score (M (SD))

2.44 (1.10)d

2.17 (1.01)e

-

U = 817.50

0.280

η²=0.02

Revictimization (n (%))

23 (53.5)c

11 (29.7)d

1

χ2 = 4.59

0.027

φ = 0.24

Aroused by MF1 (M (SD))

4.00 (1.22)

3.31 (1.35)

-

U = 1,271.50

0.015

η²=0.07

Frequency of MF1 (M (SD))

3.96 (1.30)

3.21 (1.51)

-

U = 1,265.00

0.017

η²=0.06

Aroused by MF2 (M (SD))

3.50 (1.44)b

2.81 (1.55)

-

U = 1,216.50

0.032

η²=0.05

Frequency of MF2 (M (SD))

3.34 (1.49)

2.79 (1.60)

-

U = 1,193.00

0.082

η²=0.03

Aroused by MF3 (M (SD))

3.57 (1.46)

2.93 (1.31)

-

U = 1,252.50

0.025

η²=0.06

Frequency of MF3 (M (SD))

3.49 (1.50)

2.79 (1.39)

-

U = 1,258.00

0.022

η²=0.06

  1. Note. BPD = Borderline personality disorder, (c)PTSD = (complex) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, CSA = Child Sexual Abuse, MF = masochistic fantasies, MF1 = MF in sexual fantasies, MF2 = MF in masturbation fantasies, MF3 = MF in sexual behavior, a: missing patient data n = 2, b: missing patient data n = 1, c: missing patient data n = 4, d: missing patient data n = 6, e: missing patient data n = 7, d: missing patient data n = 5