Table 3. Descriptive statistics of EMA indices of mood and affective instability.
| BPD (n=58) | MDD (n=42) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |
| Mean Level | ||||
| Negative Affect | 1.71 | .67 | 1.55 | .37 |
| *Hostility | 1.62 | .66 | 1.35 | .30 |
| Fear | 1.70 | .67 | 1.59 | .54 |
| Sadness | 1.81 | .83 | 1.90 | .70 |
| Positive Affect | 2.12 | .60 | 2.16 | .61 |
| MSSD | ||||
| *Negative Affect | .31 | .31 | .22 | .20 |
| *Hostility | .44 | .44 | .27 | .31 |
| *Fear | .33 | .31 | .25 | .26 |
| Sadness | .46 | .39 | .44 | .37 |
| Positive Affect | .54 | .40 | .41 | .34 |
| Probability of Acute Change | ||||
| Negative Affect | .11 | .07 | .09 | .07 |
| *Hostility | .11 | .07 | .08 | .07 |
| Fear | .11 | .08 | .10 | .07 |
| Sadness | .10 | .07 | .10 | .07 |
| Positive Affect | .10 | .07 | .10 | .06 |
Notes: Raw scores are reported for MSSD and Acute Change values (not the log and arcsine transformed values, respectively, used in the correlational analyses).
*
Difference in group means significant at p<.05.