Table 2.

Associations between Emotions over Time (i.e. Synchrony) and BPD Group Differences in Emotion Means & Lability

	Synchrony			Total	No BPDb	BPDc
	SCE	Anger	Anxiety	Sample M	M	M	td
Mean Levels
SCE	--	.19**a	.20**a	1.119	1.105	1.191	2.183*
Anger		--	.32**a	1.491	1.452	1.728	1.914
Anxiety			--	1.278	1.230	1.538	2.904*
				Total	No BPD	BPD
Lability				Sample γ	γ	γ
MSSD SCE				.23	.21	.37	1.30
MSSD Anger				.54	.50	.85	1.96
MSSD Anxiety				.42	.31	.50	2.02*

Note. SCE = Self-Conscious Emotions; BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder; MSSD = Mean Square Successive Difference.

^aunstandardized HLM regression coefficients (i.e., β_1j), representing relation between emotions.

^bn = 122.

^cn = 22.

^dt = 140 for Mean Level analyses; t = 141 for Lability analyses.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .001.