Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for and Bivariate Relationships Among All Study Variables.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	M	SD
1. Valence AI	---									10.02	5.34
2. Arousal AI	.75**	---								7.30	4.52
3. Vocabulary (Shipley)	−.34**	−.23*	---							31.94	3.40
4. Semantic valence focus	−.01	.01	−.16	---						0.68	0.07
5. Semantic arousal focus	−.32**	−.35**	.42**	−.57**	---					0.59	0.10
6. BPD	.26*	.31**	−.33**	−.06	−.26**	---				0.47	0.50
7. NA	.22*	.34**	−.33**	−.08	−.25*	.81**	---			20.72	10.49
8. PA	.12	.15	.00	.20*	−.11	−.35**	−.36**	---		32.19	7.97
9. Negative Affect Intensity	.19	.29**	−.23*	.10	−.21*	.83**	.86**	−.33**	---	3.30	1.26

Note.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

M = Mean; SD = Standard Deviation; AI = Affective Instability; BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis; NA = Negative Affect; PA = Positive Affect.