Table 3.
Pearson’s correlation coefficients between Rejection Sensitivity (RSQ), borderline symptom severity (BSL-23), childhood maltreatment (CTQ), self-esteem (SES) and depressive symptoms (BDI) for healthy controls (HC), acute BPD patients (BPD-A) and BPD patients in remission (BPD-R)
| BSL | CTQ | SES | BDI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC | BPD | HC | BPD | HC | BPD | HC | BPD | |||||
| -A | -R | -A | -R | -A | -R | -A | -R | |||||
| RSQ | .24* | .30** | .62* | .55*** | .20 | .33 | -.41*** | -.45*** | -.77** | .30** | .20 | .78** |
| BSL | - | - | - | .27* | .04 | .25 | -.37** | -.52*** | -.81*** | .53*** | .77*** | .68** |
| CTQ | - | - | - | -.24* | -.19 | -.41 | .30* | -.06 | .20 | |||
| SES | - | - | - | -.47*** | -.47*** | -.83*** | ||||||
*=p<.05, **=p<.01, ***=p<.001.