Childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder features in Chinese undergraduates: the role of self-esteem and resilience

Xie, Guo-Die; Chang, Jun-Jie; Yuan, Meng-Yuan; Wang, Geng-Fu; He, Yang; Chen, Shan-Shan; Su, Pu-Yu

doi:10.1186/s12888-021-03332-w

Table 3 Indirect and direct effects of childhood abuse on BPD features – three types of childhood abuse examined simultaneously (Model 4)

From: Childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder features in Chinese undergraduates: the role of self-esteem and resilience

Model pathway	Estimate	SE	lower	upper
Model 4A - Three types of childhood abuse, two simple mediators (resilience and self-esteem) and one three-path mediator (resilience to self-esteem)
EA → resilience → BPD features	0.046^**	0.009	0.031	0.064
EA → self-esteem → BPD features	0.021^**	0.005	0.013	0.032
EA → resilience → self-esteem → BPD features	0.016^**	0.004	0.009	0.024
EA → BPD features	0.371^**	0.044	0.289	0.458
PA → resilience → BPD features	−0.001	0.009	−0.019	0.018
PA → self-esteem → BPD features	−0.001	0.006	−0.012	0.010
PA → resilience → self-esteem → BPD features	0.000	0.003	−0.007	0.006
PA → BPD features	−0.041	0.057	−0.152	0.071
SA → resilience → BPD features	0.003	0.009	−0.014	0.019
SA → self-esteem → BPD features	−0.001	0.005	−0.012	0.008
SA → resilience → self-esteem → BPD features	0.001	0.003	−0.005	0.007
SA → BPD features	−0.093	0.048	−0.187	0.004
Model 4B - Three types of childhood abuse, two simple mediators (resilience and self-esteem) and one three-path mediator (self-esteem to resilience)
EA → resilience → BPD features	0.013^*	0.006	0.001	0.025
EA → self-esteem → BPD features	0.036^**	0.008	0.024	0.053
EA → self-esteem → resilience → BPD features	0.033^**	0.006	0.023	0.046
EA → BPD features	0.371^**	0.044	0.289	0.458
PA → resilience → BPD features	0.001	0.008	−0.014	0.017
PA → self-esteem → BPD features	− 0.001	0.007	− 0.014	0.012
PA → self-esteem → resilience → BPD features	−0.001	0.006	−0.013	0.011
PA → BPD features	−0.041	0.057	−0.152	0.071
SA → resilience → BPD features	0.003	0.008	−0.013	0.019
SA → self-esteem → BPD features	0.000	0.005	−0.012	0.010
SA → self-esteem → resilience → BPD features	0.000	0.005	−0.010	0.009
SA → BPD features	−0.093	0.048	−0.187	0.004
Model 4C - Three types of childhood abuse, two simple mediators (resilience and self-esteem)
EA → resilience → BPD features	0.061^**	0.012	0.041	0.086
EA → self-esteem → BPD features	0.045^**	0.010	0.029	0.067
EA → BPD features	0.380^**	0.046	0.295	0.472
PA → resilience → BPD features	−0.014	0.015	− 0.047	0.013
PA → self-esteem → BPD features	− 0.009	0.010	− 0.030	0.010
PA → BPD features	− 0.045	0.058	− 0.160	0.070
SA → resilience → BPD features	0.004	0.011	−0.017	0.026
SA → self-esteem → BPD features	0.000	0.007	−0.014	0.014
SA → BPD features	−0.094	0.049	−0.190	0.005

EA emotional abuse, PA physical abuse, SA sexual abuse, SE Standard Error, lower lower bound of 95% confidence interval, upper upper bound of 95% confidence interval. ^**P < 0.001, ^*P < 0.05

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