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Exploring mentalizing in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and borderline personality disorder: A comparative study of psychiatric inpatients and healthy controls


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Spearman correlations

CI-BPD BPFS-C YCDISC (Anorexia) CET MASC Correct answer MASC Hypermentalizing MASC No mentalizing MASC Hypomentalizing
CI-BPD 1              
BPFS-C .580** 1            
YCDISC (Anorexia) .380** .311** 1          
CET -.041 -.069 .086 1        
MASC Correct answer -.121* -.161** -.038 .215* 1      
MASC Hypermentalizing .127* .220** .117* -.171** -.805** 1    
MASC No mentalizing .034 -.016 -.046 -.018 -.488** .095 1  
MASC Hypomentalizing .027 -.006 -.083 -.177** -.501** .010 .183** 1
Age -.034 -.086 .053 .085 .318** -.264** -.142* -.155**

Partial correlations

CI-BPD BPFS-C YCDISC (Anorexia) CET MASC Correct answer MASC Hypermentalizing MASC No mentalizing MASC Hypomentalizing
CI-BPD 1              
BPFS-C .567*** 1            
YCDISC (Anorexia) .401*** .324*** 1          
CET -.030 -.036 .090 1        
MASC Correct answer -.117* -.144* -.045 .208*** 1      
MASC                
Hypermentalizing .135* .214*** .138* -.162** -.785*** 1    
MASC No mentalizing .042 -.005 -.056 -.010 -.463*** .045 1  
MASC                
Hypomentalizing -.010 -.051 -.097 -.170** -.482*** -.041 .171 1

Comparison of AN, BPD, AN+BPD, PC and HC in terms of MASC and CET

HC (1) M (SD) BPD (2) M (SD) AN (3) M (SD) AN+BPD (4) M (SD) PC (5) M (SD) Kruskal Wallis H p Post hoc (adjusted p = 0.008)
MASC Correct answer 33.22(4.151) 32.14(4.828) 33.31(4.750) 32.78(4.536) 32.93(4.615) 2.872 .580
MASC Hypermentalizing 6.17(2.857) 7.62(3.440) 7.19(3.878) 8.03(4.116) 7.36(3.484) 14.007 .007 2 > 1; 5 > 1
MASC Hypomentalizing 3.69(2.618) 3.25(2.072) 2.86(1.933) 2.94(2.083) 3.04(2.013) 5.720 .221
MASC No mentalizing 1.91(1.635) 1.99(1.811) 1.64(1.428) 1.25(1.273) 1.67(1.517) 6.904 .141
CET 20.93 (2.550) 20.59(2.915) 21.32(1.959) 20.95(2.280) 20.75(2.417) 2.080 .721
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