Table 4.
Indirect and total effects of perceived rejection on likelihood of aggression at varying levels of BPD and ASPD severity scores
| Model 1: Effect via GNA as mediator | Model 2: Effect via Anger as mediator | Model 3: Effect via Shame as mediator | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPD severity level | Indirect | Total | Indirect | Total | Indirect | Total |
| − 1.5 SD | 0.05 (0.03) | 0.29 (0.14)* | 0.09 (0.04)* | 0.35 (0.14)* | −0.03 (0.02) | 0.20 (0.13) |
| − 1 SD | 0.06 (0.03) | 0.30 (0.14)* | 0.10 (0.04)* | 0.36 (0.14)** | −0.04 (0.02) | 0.19 (0.13) |
| + 1 SD | 0.11 (0.05)* | 0.35 (0.14)* | 0.17 (0.05)*** | 0.43 (0.14)** | −0.09 (0.05) | 0.14 (0.13) |
| + 2 SD | 0.14 (0.06)* | 0.38 (0.14)** | 0.20 (0.06)*** | 0.46 (0.14)*** | −0.11 (0.06) | 0.11 (0.13) |
| +3 SD | 0.17 (0.08)* | 0.40 (0.14)** | 0.24 (0.07)*** | 0.49 (0.15)*** | −0.14 (0.08) | 0.09 (0.13) |
| ASPD severity level | ||||||
| − 1 SD | 0.11 (0.05)* | 0.35 (0.14)* | 0.16 (0.05)** | 0.42 (0.14)** | −0.08 (0.04) | 0.15 (0.13) |
| + 1 SD | 0.07 (0.03)* | 0.30 (0.14)* | 0.11 (0.04)** | 0.37 (0.14)** | −0.05 (0.03) | 0.17 (0.13) |
| + 2 SD | 0.05 (0.03) | 0.28 (0.15) | 0.09 (0.04)* | 0.34 (0.14)* | −0.04 (0.03) | 0.19 (0.13) |
| +3 SD | 0.03 (0.03) | 0.26 (0.15) | 0.06 (0.04) | 0.32 (0.14)* | −0.03 (0.03) | 0.20 (0.13) |
Note. ASPD = Antisocial Personality Disorder; BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder. GNA = General Negative Affect. Unstandardized coefficients are reported with standard errors in parentheses. Each level of BPD and ASPD symptoms reported were represented in the sample, with the lowest level (−1.5SD for BPD; −1SD for ASPD) being equal to a dimensional severity score of zero (no symptoms). Because the moderators were grand-mean-centered, effects at varying levels of BPD are at the mean level of ASPD symptoms, and vice-versa.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.