Table 3.
Correlations among self measures and BPD
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Representational Maintenance | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Self-Differentiation Total | 0.41* | 1.00 | |||||||||
| 3 | Emotional Reactivity | 0.26 | 0.84** | 1.00 | ||||||||
| 4 | “I” Position | 0.49** | 0.78** | 0.65* | 1.00 | |||||||
| 5 | Emotional Cutoff | 0.38* | 0.67** | 0.35* | 0.23 | 1.00 | ||||||
| 6 | Fusion With Others | −0.01 | 0.71** | 0.51** | 0.42* | 0.37* | 1.00 | |||||
| 7 | Overlap | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 1.00 | ||||
| 8 | Number of Aspects | −0.16 | −0.49** | −0.41* | −0.33* | −0.32* | −0.43** | 0.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 9 | Evaluative Integration | −0.09 | −0.29 | −0.30 | −0.14 | −0.17 | −0.27 | −0.66 | −0.10 | 1.00 | ||
| 10 | Proportion of Cards Positive | 0.51** | 0.65** | 0.59** | 0.45** | 0.60** | .22 | .35* | −0.32* | −0.50** | 1.00 | |
| 11 | BPD Dimensional Score | −0.47** | −0.64** | −0.55** | −0.34* | −0.61** | −0.35* | −0.32* | 0.32* | 0.37* | −0.52** | 1.00 |
n = 38; for all Compartmentalization/Integration correlations, n=34
Representational Maintenance = correlation of ratings of personality traits across a 3 hour period. Self Differentiation Total, Emotional Reactivity, “I” Position, Emotional Cutoff, and Fusion with others = Differentiation of Self Inventory. Number of Aspects, Compartmentalization, Proportion of Cards Positive = Self-Aspects Card Sort Task. BPD dimensional scores from clinician rated IPDE.
High score = high self-differentiation, low emotion reactivity, high “I” position, low emotional cutoff, low fusion with others, high overlap (less complexity), greater # of aspects, more compartmentalization (less integration), greater proportion of cards positive.