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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoanal Psychol. 2012 Apr 16;29(2):145–165. doi: 10.1037/a0027450

Table 3.

Correlation between ACQ and Transference, Countertransference, and Affect Components, Total DSM-IV Personality Disorder Cluster Symptoms, and AAI Ratings

Disengaged Full Range Neg.
Affect		 Enlivened
Transference:
Hostile .28* −.10 .60 ** .22
Narcissistic .27* .00 .43 ** .30*
Preoccupied .23 −.11 .29* .11
Positive Alliance −.28* .32 ** −.35** .52 **
Avoidant/Dismissing .44 ** −.28* .49 ** .04
Sexualized .19 −.07 .38** .25*
Countertransference:
Hostile/Mistreated .35** −.17 .79 ** .12
Helpless/Inadequate .36** −.23 .67 ** .15
Positive/Satisfying −.35** .44 ** −.62** .44 **
Parental/Protective −.07 .20 −.32** .36 **
Overwhelmed/Disorganized −.02 .15 .29 * .55**
Special/Overinvolved −.08 .22 −.13 .62**
Sexualized .16 .06 .17 .29*
Disengaged .81 ** −.49** .51** −.41**
Affect Regulation and Experience:
Affect Regulation:
Emotional Avoidance: .40 ** −.31** .52** −.02
Externalization .22 −.07 .57 ** .13
Healthy Coping: −.14 .21 −.39** .32 **
Passive Avoidance: .19 −.19 .13 −.14
Affective Experience:
Negative Affect: .14 −.19 .39 ** −.09
Affect Availability: −.59** .70 ** −.62** .30 **
Emotional Dysregulation: .17 .07 .44 ** .26*
Positive Affect: −.38** .54 ** −.49** .43 **
DSM-IV Personality DO
Cluster Symptoms:
Cluster A1 .12 −.13 .33 * .03
Cluster B2 −.04 −.03 −.07 −.08
Cluster C3 .13 −.12 −.25* −.29*
AAI Ratings:
Coherence4 −.09 .23 −.28* .13
Reflective Function5 −.08 .00 −.15 −.09

Note: Hypothesized correlations in bold

1

Partial correlations controlling for Cluster B and C scores on a subset of 65 subjects for whom both IPDE and ACQ data were available

2

Partial correlations controlling for Cluster A and C scores on a subset of 65 subjects for whom both IPDE and ACQ data were available

3

Partial correlations controlling for Cluster A and B scores on a subset of 65 subjects for whom both IPDE and ACQ data were available

4

Pearson correlations on a subset of 59 subjects for whom both AAI and Coherence data were available

5

Pearson correlations on a subset of 70 subjects for whom both AAI and RF data were available

**

Significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

*

Significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)