Emotion dysregulation and impulsivity as overlapping symptoms in adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder: severity profiles and associations with childhood traumatization and personality functioning

Table 4 Sociodemographic and traumatization predictors of emotion dysregulation and trait impulsivity

DERS	B	SE	β	t	p	tolerance
Constant	66.281	11.636		5.696	< 0.001
Gender	7.235	3.383	0.124	2.139	0.033	0.091
SES	− 0.288	0.160	− 0.106	-1.797	0.074	0.963
CTQ total	0.711	0.121	0.348	5.896	< 0.001	0.960
BIS-11	B	SE	β	t	p	tolerance
Constant	66.604	5.519		12.069	< 0.001
Gender	− 0.859	1.617	− 0.032	− 0.531	0.596	0.092
SES	− 0.152	0.076	− 0.124	-2.002	.046	0.961
CTQ total	0.208	0.058	0.224	3.603	< 0.001	0.957

Linear regression models. Outcome variable: Emotion dysregulation (DERS): R^² = 0.170 R²_Adj = 0.160 F(3, 250) = 16.981 p < .001. Outcome variable: Trait impulsivity (BIS-11): R^² = 0.076 R²_Adj = 0.065 F(3, 250) = 6.840 p < .001. DERS: Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, BIS: Barratt Impulsiveness Scale 11th version, SES: Socioeconomic status,, CTQ: Childhood Trauma Questionnaire – Short Form

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