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Table 2 Relevant sociodemographic data by group

From: “If I could read your mind…”: parental mentalizing in mothers with borderline personality disorder

 

Total

(N = 312)

M-BPD

(n = 156)

M-A/D

(n = 65)

M-HC

(n = 91)

Test statistic

Age mother (years)

H(2) = 4.58,

p =.101

 M (SD)

33.7 (5.94)

32.9 (6.24)

34.1 (5.55)

34.5 (5.56)

 [Min, Max]

[17.0, 52.0]

[17.0, 48.0]

[22.0, 44.0]

[24.0, 52.0]

Age index-child (months)

H(2) = 6.97,

p =.031

 M (SD)

38.4 (22.4)

41.3 (23.5)

38.8 (21.6)

33.0 (20.3)

 [Min, Max]

[6.00, 90.0]

[6.00, 90.0]

[6.00, 82.0]

[6.00, 77.0]

Sex index-child

χ2(2) = 0.70,

p =.703

 Female, n (%)

165 (52.9%)

79 (50.6%)

35 (53.8%)

51 (56.0%)

Education mother

χ2(2) = 51.75,

p <.001

 Lower, n (%)

111 (35.6%)

85 (54.5%)

16 (24.6%)

10 (11.0%)

 Higher, n (%)

201 (64.4%)

71 (45.5%)

49 (75.4%)

81 (89.0%)

Number of words in FMSS

H(2) = 17.10,

p <.001

 M (SD)

621 (153)

595 (158)

607 (136)

676 (144)

 [Min, Max]

[188, 1020]

[188, 924]

[273, 1010]

[258, 1020]

  1. Lower education mother = no qualification, lower secondary education, secondary school degree; Higher education mother = high school degree, university degree
  2. M-BPD mothers with borderline personality disorder, M-A/D mothers with anxiety or depressive disorder, M-HC healthy mothers