Psychotherapists’ emotional reactions to patients’ personality trait in personality disorder treatment settings: an exploratory study

Table 4 Regression analysis of changes in TRQ scores on SWAP PD and Q scores

Dependent variable	Independent variable	B	t	P
Overwhelmed/disorganized	PD antisocial	0.35	2.37	0.023°*
	PD obsessive compulsive	− 0.36	− 2.47	0.018°*
	Q dysphoric	0.37	2.55	0.015°*
	Q antisocial	0.37	2.57	0.014°*
	Q avoidant	− 0.32	− 2.16	0.037°*
Helpless/inadequate	PD obsessive compulsive	0.31	2.12	0.040*
Helpless/inadequate	Q hostility	0.32	2.21	0.033°*
Positive satisfying	PD high functioning	0.25	1.69	0.099
Positive satisfying	Q depressive/high functioning	0.37	2.52	0.016°*
Special/overinvolved	PD schizoid	− 0.42	− 2.94	0.005°**
Special/overinvolved	Q avoidant	− 0.39	− 2.75	0.009°**
Sexualized	P paranoid	− 0.37	− 2.54	0.01°**
Sexualized	Q paranoid	− 0.35	− 2.42	0.03°*
Disengaged	PD schizoid	0.40	2.81	0.02°*
	PD avoidant	0.35	2.43	0.008°**
	PD obsessive compulsive	0.50	3.66	0.001°**
Parental/protective	Q dependent	0.31	2.08	0.04°*
Parental/protective	Q hostility	− 0.33	− 2.27	0.03°*
Criticized/mistreated	Q dysphoric	0.42	3.00	0.005°**
Hostile/angry	PD antisocial	0.33	2.23	0.031°*
	PD dependent	− 0.32	− 2.16	0.037°*
	Q antisocial	0.33	2.25	0.030°*

°Controlled for GSI scores, patients age, patients years of study, years of therapist experience and duration of the treatment
*p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01;

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