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Mentalization mediates the relationship between borderline personality features and internalizing and externalizing psychopathology in adolescents

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Mediational analyses with borderline personality feature, mentalization, and externalizing psychopathology symptoms
Mediational analyses with borderline personality feature, mentalization, and externalizing psychopathology symptoms

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Mediational analyses with borderline personality feature, mentalization, and internalizing psychopathology symptoms
Mediational analyses with borderline personality feature, mentalization, and internalizing psychopathology symptoms

Summary of mediation analyses with borderline personality feature, mentalization, and externalizing and internalizing psychopathology

Independent variable (IV)Mediating variable (M)Dependent variable (DP)Effect of IV on M (a)Effect of M on DV (b)Indirect effect (a×b)95% CI Lower UpperDirect effect (c’)Total effect (c)
BPFS-CRFQ-YYSR (ext.)−0.057*−2.74*0.16*0.07, 0.260.26*0.45*
BPFS-CRFQ-YYSR (int.)−0.057*−2.0*0.11*0.04, 0.210.42*0.54*

Sociodemographic characteristics of the total sample

Sociodemographic characteristicsTotal sample (N = 109)
Age (Mean +/− SD)16.1 ± 1.1
Range in years13–18
Gender
     Male44 (40.4%)
     Female65 (59.6%)
Educational level
     Primary School55 (50.5%)
     High School18 (16.5%)
     Youth Education14 (12.8%)
     None22 (20.2%)
Upbringing
     Both parents59 (54.1%)
     Mother44 (40.4%)
     Father2 (1.8%)
     Foster care4 (3.7%)
Current living arrangements
     Parents89 (81.7%)
     Apartment2 (1.8%)
     Foster care18 (16.5%)
Civil Status
     Single77 (61.5%)
     In a relationship42 (38.5%)
Job-status (beside school)
     In a job31 (38.4%)
     Not in a job78 (71.6%)

Bivariate correlations between main study variables

VariablesBPFS-CRFQ-YYSR-ExternalizingYSR-Internalizing
BPFS-C1.00
RFQ-Y−0.72** [−0.80, −0.62]1.00
YSR-Externalizing0.68** [0.55, 0.80]−0.65** [−0.74, −0.54]1.00
YSR-Internalizing0.73** [0.64, 0.81]−0.63** [−0.71, −0.53]0.43** [0.24, 0.61]1.00
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Medicine, Basic Medical Science, other