The Relationship between Survival Sex and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in a High Risk Female Population
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Current Study
3. Data and Methods
3.1. Measures
3.1.1. Focal Independent Variables
3.1.2. Dependent Variable
3.1.3. Demographic Variables
3.2. Analytic Approach
4. Results
4.1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics
4.2. Bivariate Results
4.3. Multivariate Results
5. Discussion
Limitations and Future Research
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
BPD | Borderline Personality Disorder |
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Variable | Percent | Std. Deviation |
---|---|---|
Survival Sex | 23.81 | 0.427 |
Borderline Personality Symptoms | ||
Anger | 28.89 | 0.455 |
Mood Shifts | 39.26 | 0.49 |
Emptiness | 23.88 | 0.428 |
Identity | 14.18 | 0.35 |
Dissociative | 15.67 | 0.365 |
Suicide | 13.43 | 0.342 |
Abandonment | 20.15 | 0.403 |
Impulsivity | 29.1 | 0.456 |
Unstable Relationships | 24.63 | 0.432 |
White | 43.92 | 0.498 |
Age (19–54) | 38.89 | 10.18 |
Education (% with 13+ years) | 58.67 | 0.494 |
Years Homeless | 4.76 | 4.802 |
Variable | % Who Engaged in Survival Sex | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Anger | Low | 16.48% | 0.003 *** |
High | 41.67% | ||
Mood Shifts | Low | 19.74% | 0.208 |
High | 29.41% | ||
Emptiness | Low | 22.68% | 0.653 |
High | 26.67% | ||
Identity | Low | 20.00% | 0.015 ** |
High | 41.06% | ||
Dissociative | Low | 22.22% | 0.376 |
High | 31.58% | ||
Suicide | Low | 20.00% | 0.015 ** |
High | 47.06% | ||
Abandonment | Low | 19.61% | 0.031 ** |
High | 40.00% | ||
Impulsivity | Low | 14.77% | 0.000 *** |
High | 43.59% | ||
Unstable Relationships | Low | 21.05% | 0.24 |
High | 31.25% | ||
Race | Non-White | 26.83% | 0.273 |
White | 19.05% | ||
Education | <12 years | 23.73% | 0.985 |
13+ | 23.86% |
Model 1 | Model 2 | |
---|---|---|
Survival Sex | ||
Borderline Personality Symptoms | ||
Anger | 3.241 | 2.824 |
Mood Shifts | 0.679 ** | 0.686 |
Emptiness | 0.322 | 0.246 |
Identity | 4.845 | 4.959 |
Dissociative | 0.51 | 0.544 |
Suicide | 2.113 | 2.748 |
Abandonment | 1.671 | 1.289 |
Impulsivity | 3.204 ** | 4.193 ** |
Unstable Relationships | 0.501 | 0.518 |
White | 0.612 | |
Age | 1.059 * | |
Education | 1.291 | |
Years Homeless | 1.035 | |
AIC | 137.4 | 137.3 |
BIC | 165.8 | 182.4 |
N | 158 | 158 |
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Ivanich, J.; Welch-Lazoritz, M.; Dombrowski, K. The Relationship between Survival Sex and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in a High Risk Female Population. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 1031. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091031
Ivanich J, Welch-Lazoritz M, Dombrowski K. The Relationship between Survival Sex and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in a High Risk Female Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(9):1031. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091031
Chicago/Turabian StyleIvanich, Jerreed, Melissa Welch-Lazoritz, and Kirk Dombrowski. 2017. "The Relationship between Survival Sex and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in a High Risk Female Population" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 9: 1031. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091031