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Table 5 Sexual motivation 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

Variables

Distress (n = 47)

No distress (n = 42)

Statistic

p

η²

SexMS

     

Intrinsic

3.27 (1.75)

3.42 (1.63)

F = 0.18

0.677

0.002

Integrated

2.53 (1.81)

2.22 (1.79)

F = 0.66

0.417

0.008

Identif

2.81 (1.48)

2.64 (1.43)

F = 0.31

0.582

0.004

Introj

3.06 (1.32)

2.14 (1.26)

F = 11.35

0.001

0.115

Extern

2.69 (1.72)

2.24 (1.80)

F = 1.44

0.234

0.016

Amotivation

1.44 (1.55)

1.23 (1.40)

F = 1.01

0.318

0.011

  1. Note. BPD = Borderline personality disorder, SexMS = Sexual Motivation Scale. Values range between 0 and 6