Affect regulation in psychoanalytic treatments of patients with a borderline personality disorder–psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy–a comparison

Table 3 Differences in the variable “Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure Borderline” measured at baseline (t1), after 1 yr of therapy (t3) and after 3 yr of therapy (t7) (mean ± SD)

		n (%)			Min	Max	P value1	dt32	dt72
Baseline (t1)	PSA	10	52.97	8.73	42.69	71.88		0.79	0.88
	PDT	9	48.62	8.56	40.23	67.63		|0.40|	0.04
	Total	19	50.90	8.70	40.23	71.88	0.289	0.24	0.45
After 1 yr of therapy (t3)	PSA	10	46.26	8.21	29.99	60.21			0.04
	PDT	9	51.80	7.49	40.26	65.30			0.33
	Total	19	48.88	8.17	29.99	65.30	0.145		0.20
After 3 yr of therapy (t7)	PSA	7	45.96	6.75	37.63	56.78
	PDT	5	49.01	10.20	38.90	61.33
	Total	12	47.23	8.07	37.63	61.33	0.545

¹P value calculated using ANOVA.

²d = Cohen’s. d: Represents effect size measured after 1 yr (t3) and after 3 yr (t7) of therapy.

PSA: Psychoanalysis; PDT: Psychodynamic psychotherapy; SWAP: Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure; SWAP-borderline: SWAP personality syndrome “dysregulated/borderline”.