Neurological soft signs correlation with symptom severity in borderline personality disorder

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 2 Correlation between NSS results and the Borderline Personality Questionnaire

	Primitive reflexes		Repetitive movements		Sensory integration		Total NSS
	A.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. r	A.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. p	A.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3. r	A.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.4. p	A.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.5. r	p	r	p
Impulsivity	0.172	0.363	0.522	0.003	0.264	0.159	0.508	0.004
Affective instability	0.114	0.548	− 0.085	0.655	− 0.034	0.859	− 0.091	0.631
Abandonment	0.053	0.78	0.167	0.378	0.331	0.074	0.283	0.13
Relationship	0.051	0.789	0.115	0.546	0.301	0.106	0.246	0.19
Self-image	− 0.021	0.912	− 0.022	0.906	0.273	0.144	0.09	0.635
Suicide/self-harm	0.16	0.398	0.376	0.041	− 0.068	0.721	0.235	0.211
Emptiness	0.1001	0.599	0.131	0.489	0.452	0.012	0.255	0.174
Intense anger	0.326	0.079	0.277	0.139	0.365	0.048	0.373	0.043
Quasi-psychotic	− 0.16	0.4	0.406	0.026	0.042	0.826	0.312	0.093
Total BPQ	0.161	0.396	0.357	0.053	0.424	0.02	0.446	0.014