Affective theory of the mind and suicide in women with borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia: a comparative study

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 Comparison of suicide probability among the studied groups

Variables		Groups						ANOVA	Tukey’s test
Variables		BPD		Schizophrenia		Control		P value	B&S	B&C	S&C
Hopelessness	Range	12	25	14	18	11	16	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.003*
Hopelessness	Mean ±SD	19.95	3.395	15.75	1.209	13.35	1.348	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.003*
Suicidal ideation	Range	16	28	10	28	11	15	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.048*
Suicidal ideation	Mean ±SD	23.05	3.187	15.25	5.486	12.4	1.142	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.048*
Negative self-evaluation	Range	11	23	10	24	7	17	<0.001*	0.047*	<0.001*	0.011*
Negative self-evaluation	Mean ±SD	17.15	3.014	14.55	3.927	11.35	3.117	<0.001*	0.047*	<0.001*	0.011*
Hostility	Range	9	24	12	25	8	13	<0.001*	0.014*	<0.001*	<0.001*
Hostility	Mean ±SD	15.25	4.756	18.85	4.66	9.8	1.361	<0.001*	0.014*	<0.001*	<0.001*
Suicide probability score	Range	33	48	31	44	32	39	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.031*
Suicide probability score	Mean ±SD	43.4	4.109	37.25	3.567	34.4	2.521	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.031*

P value > 0.05: significant, *statistically significant, SD standard deviation, ANOVA analysis of variance, BPD borderline personality disorder, B borderline, C controls, and S schizophrenia